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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 25, 2022 12:12:40 GMT 12
I happened upon this listing for a featurette film in the PRESS newspaper dated 26th of September 1951. I can only assume it must be footage of No. 488 Squadron in 1941-42? As this is before No. 14 Squadron got to Malaya with their Vampires.Or might it be No. 41 Squadron maybe?  |
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Post by McFly on Jan 25, 2022 13:03:51 GMT 12
And via the magic of the interweb, the "Cloud Over Asia" (1951) featurette...  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 25, 2022 13:06:06 GMT 12
Awesome, thanks Marty. Mark McGuire also just sent me the details on it.
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Post by McFly on Jan 25, 2022 13:17:32 GMT 12
I happened upon this listing for a featurette film in the PRESS newspaper dated 26th of September 1951. I can only assume it must be footage of No. 488 Squadron in 1941-42? As this is before No. 14 Squadron got to Malaya with their Vampires.Or might it be No. 41 Squadron maybe? However some may also be interested in the main feature film "Tony Draws A Horse"..  |
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Post by davidd on Jan 26, 2022 11:00:21 GMT 12
Interesting to see the safety straps worn by the (RASC?) types shoving the loads out of the back door. Also that is mighty low flying by the Dakota pilot (the RNZAF was by this time using the RAF name for these aircraft), and you can see that flying and navigating experience was being tested on this type of operation. Bristol Freighter NZ5901 was lost on this type of operation five years later (10th December, 1956), with all occupants killed apart from just one of the four RASC members aboard, who somehow survived the crash, and was not found until over 12 days later, hiking through the jungle! Brief details of this accident can be found in Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow, Vol 2", page 389.
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Post by errolmartyn on Jan 26, 2022 11:27:37 GMT 12
"Brief details of this accident can be found in Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow, Vol 2", page 389."
And an update on page 568 of Vol Three.
Errol
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