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RAF Scampton closure

Last post by 4mastacker « Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:51 pm
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by ricardian » Tue Sep 06, 2022 12:40 pm

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Photograph from the closure parade.
Words fail me

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Oops, looks like I got the wrong building. On the map I looked at, the BS shed was flagged as the new electronics centre. The BS shed was used by...

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Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:51 pm
RAF Changi 1967

Last post by ricardian « Wed Jan 04, 2023 3:34 am
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by ricardian » Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:42 pm

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RAF Changi 1967
Quite a unique film showing the route to RAF Changi airfield, passing Changi Jail, then crossing the runway itself.
Shots of a...

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Another video on RAF Changi , starts with a Vulcan taking off.
Part 2

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Last post by ricardian
Wed Jan 04, 2023 3:34 am
The forgotten story behind the cracking of the Enigma Code

Last post by ricardian « Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:06 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:18 pm

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Most people in Britain will know something of the critical importance of Bletchley Park in cracking the Enigma Code and the role of Alan Turing and...

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Although breaking the Enigma code was a significant event it was the solving of the even more complex Lorenz cipher machine Tunny that really...

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Last post by ricardian
Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:06 am
Air Ministry 1944

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:37 am
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by ricardian » Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:32 pm

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Nothing seems to have changed in the intervening years! . A friend tells me that he had heated discussions with MoD (PE) during GW 1 when ‘they’ told...

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Oh the joys of North Luff.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:37 am
Wanna buy a Lancaster?

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Fri Nov 25, 2022 7:46 am
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by ricardian » Thu Nov 24, 2022 11:09 am

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Lancaster mock-up for sale at £150,000

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That really looks superb from the interior. It should be purchased by a museum, given the provenance, and verisimilitude and exacting nature of his...

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Fri Nov 25, 2022 7:46 am
Shackleton Operations

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:24 pm
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by om15 » Sun Aug 30, 2020 11:48 am
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I didn't know of this event, I remember Buccaneers, Hunters and Sea Vixens sinking the Torrey Canyon, they used rockets, dropped cans of kerosine and...

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Thank you Ricardian, the galley obviously had an upgrade after I left. The pan boiler and infrared oven were quite new. We had a water boiler and a 6...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:24 pm
South African War Hospital in Richmond Park

Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot « Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:09 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:06 am

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I was talking to a London based South African friend and legal beagle about the 1-hour silence on Armistice Day and he mentioned this fascinating...

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Very interesting, thanks for posting. :)

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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:09 am
A Veteran's Day Coincidence?

Last post by boing « Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:14 pm

by boing » Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:14 pm

I wasn't sure where I should post this but I feel it is so worthy of viewing that I include it here.

As some of you know the date of 11/11 in the US...

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Last post by boing
Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:14 pm
RAF erks

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:30 am
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by ricardian » Fri Nov 11, 2022 4:34 pm

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I am an RAF Veteran.........I've mopped and bumpered, polished, bulled, FOD plodded , dusted, litter picked the universe, been f@~ked about, fun...

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Forgot to mention the pair of UH-60s that flew up the parade route in formation at ~1,000' part way through. :-bd

PP

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Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:30 am
Myths that abide with Operation Chastise...

Last post by llondel « Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:14 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:48 am
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In searching for the story behind Nigger and his master, Wing-Commander Guy Gibson, I came across this excellent article by journalist, historian and...

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The morale boost to the British people was probably worth a bit.

Same-same the bombing of Afghanistan/Iraq/Libya et al.

RahRahRah!

Bollocks to...
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Last post by llondel
Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:14 pm
A walk in the Sahara

Last post by Undried Plum « Thu Oct 20, 2022 8:27 pm
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by izod tester » Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:14 pm

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One of my uncles was Wellington pilot in the Middle East in 1942. He crash landed in the desert after an engine failure, was taken prisoner and in...

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Cracking good tale, Izod.

One of the scariest experiences of my life was in Egypt's Eastern Desert. I needed to get to a pre-surveyed trigpoint to...

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Last post by Undried Plum
Thu Oct 20, 2022 8:27 pm
Boulton Paul Defiant

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:01 pm
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by TheGreenAnger » Sat Oct 15, 2022 4:39 pm

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In my ignorance I had always thought this fighter had been a total dud, but an article in this month's Fly Past Battle of Britain edition has...

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I am interested to read that not only did the Defiant's turret hobble the aircraft's performance, but it made for a death trap for the poor gunner...

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Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:01 pm
JATF74

Last post by ricardian « Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:17 am

by ricardian » Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:17 am

Joint Airborne Task Force.
37 Hercules!

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Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:17 am
60 years ago

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:07 am
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by ricardian » Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:25 pm

In October 1962 I was at RAF Driffield, a Thor missile base. It was a tense time!
Some details of what was and what was not known

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Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:07 am
Ex-WW2 flight engineer

Last post by ricardian « Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:15 pm

by ricardian » Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:15 pm

From Oct 1959 to Apr 1961 I was a 16 yr old Boy Entrant at RAF Cosford training to be a Telegraphist (being taught Morse receiving/sending and...

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Last post by ricardian
Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:15 pm
Officer training 1944 style

Last post by FD2 « Sun Oct 02, 2022 6:54 pm
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by ricardian » Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:37 pm

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1944 training film
As the Second World War raged on, maintaining discipline in the Allied ranks was seen as one of the keys to winning the fight...

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^ Thank you, ricardian, that was absolutely fascinating.

I believe I recognise Sydney Tafler at about 8:30 as the man who couldn't write.

I think...

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Last post by FD2
Sun Oct 02, 2022 6:54 pm
3 Left Behind - The Mayaguez incident!

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Thu Sep 15, 2022 5:21 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:58 am

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I was not aware of this rescue attempt until recently!

The Mayaguez Incident

MayIncident.JPG

The Mayaguez incident took place between...

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Well worth a read...

A complex operation that was bedeviled by mistakes, based upon poor intelligence, political mistrust, and inter service...

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Thu Sep 15, 2022 5:21 am
The History of Propellers in the Royal Navy

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:33 am

by TheGreenAnger » Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:33 am

Prompted by some of the initial musings as to the cause of HMS Prince of Wales's most recent mechanical issues, I was wont to look again at the state...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:33 am
826 Naval Air Squadron - Falklands 40th Reunion and Operational Photos

Last post by Rossian « Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:20 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:14 pm

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I hope this is of interest.

826 NAS ‘Superstars’

Falklands Homecoming 40th Anniversary
Celebrated In London

The Falkland Islands ? Where...

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Both do, although they were the generation before me. I got on well with Geoff Bagwash as I called him (even though he was 2 ranks senior). A genuine...

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Last post by Rossian
Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:20 pm
WRAF 1965

Last post by ricardian « Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:13 pm
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by ricardian » Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:56 pm

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This nostalgic RAF film is about the women`s role with the Royal Air Force..
Concentrates on commissioned WRAFs

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Think I will join up it looks great. At least they are truthful about overseas postings. And, apparently you sometimes have to work at night!
Thanks...

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Last post by ricardian
Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:13 pm
Victor - rocket-assisted takeoff

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:12 am
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by ricardian » Wed Jul 20, 2022 10:58 am

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Silent video of Victor takeoff with Spectre rockets assisting

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Probably quite interesting if one side lit and the other didn't.

Jolly exciting taking off from Hatfield. It was quite a short runway.
As a small...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:12 am
Argentina’s Falkland Invasion a complete surprise? (1)

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:33 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:06 pm

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Interesting article in The Independent (full article copied) for those who can't view it.

HMS Endurance.JPG

Captain Nick Barker...

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I think I posted this on the Navy Wings thread, but this is still publicly available on that site...

Apposite to this thread as well, I think....

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:33 am
B-29

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:59 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue May 24, 2022 3:28 pm

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A really interesting retrospective on the development of the Boeing-29.

How the B-29 Modernized the U.S. Air Force

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Doc. One of only 2 flying B-29s made a stop near me last weekend.
I've seen it before so I didn't go out but I did see it in the pattern at KDVT....

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:59 am
The Boneyard

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Wed May 25, 2022 4:13 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed May 25, 2022 2:58 pm

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See Tucson's internationally-known plane 'Boneyard' from a bird's eye view
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, also known as...

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I have been fortunate enough to have had two tours of the Boneyard, back in the Eighties when access was much easier.
Also, flown over it numerous...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Wed May 25, 2022 4:13 pm
Documentary on the Lancaster

Last post by ricardian « Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:56 pm

by ricardian » Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:56 pm

Second World War bomber veterans ‘written out of history’ tell their stories in new film
RAF bomber veterans of the Second World War who feel their...

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Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:56 pm

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