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Pilots of the Caribbean

Last post by OneHungLow « Fri May 26, 2023 11:23 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Thu May 25, 2023 8:39 pm

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Hundreds of mourners attend funeral of one of the last RAF ‘Pilots of the Caribbean’

Hundreds of people gathered at a London church on Thursday...

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Sad that the poor chap was alone at isolated when he died, but good on all those people (and the Sun newspaper!) who rallied around to give him an...

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Fri May 26, 2023 11:23 am
Arthur Harris a man much maligned!

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Wed May 24, 2023 12:16 pm
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by OneHungLow » Sat May 20, 2023 8:48 pm

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I watched a retrospective on the Lancaster Bomber narrated by David Jason on Channel 4 tonight and the subject of Bomber Harris came up and I was apt...

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Thanks Mrs Ex-A
The book is available for free loan worldwide via archive.org (free sign up, no annoying emails)

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed May 24, 2023 12:16 pm
VC-10 in RAF colours

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Sat May 13, 2023 5:30 am
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by ricardian » Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:13 pm

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Ex-Ascot may find this to be of interest:
Special RAF tasks and equipment - from the VC10 website
During its 47 year career with the RAF, the VC10...

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One for Ex-Ascot!

You wouldn't want me anywhere near an aircraft with spanner. I am bad enough with a car.

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Sat May 13, 2023 5:30 am
RAF Scampton closure

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Thu May 11, 2023 9:23 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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I watched The Dambusters film for a few minutes on TV last week. Couldn't believe they had edited the film so the dog was called Trigger. Why change...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Thu May 11, 2023 9:23 pm
The Royal Flight

Last post by G-CPTN « Mon May 01, 2023 1:16 pm
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by Ex-Ascot » Mon May 01, 2023 12:12 pm

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I used to give this presentation but Graham does it much better than I did and with more research.

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Royal Flight.

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Last post by G-CPTN
Mon May 01, 2023 1:16 pm
Shackleton Operations

Last post by OneHungLow « Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:36 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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Last post by OneHungLow
Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:36 pm
Red Storm Rising

Last post by 4mastacker « Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:34 pm
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by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:09 pm
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Well, they'll never make a Hollywood movie of it*, but a bunch of computer types are using games graphics and the audiobook to visualise Red Storm...

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T'is well over 30 years since I was in that job and much, no doubt, will have changed in the grand scheme of things. Even as the first pick-axe was...
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Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:34 pm
Northern Radar Control

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Sat Feb 18, 2023 11:17 am
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by ricardian » Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:24 pm

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A Forgotten Joint Military Radar Station In Cheshire

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A Forgotten Joint Military Radar Station In Cheshire

Thanks for posting that very interesting video.

Homing beacons, and their early history in...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Sat Feb 18, 2023 11:17 am
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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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
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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Last post by PHXPhlyer
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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Last post by TheGreenAnger
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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Last post by TheGreenAnger
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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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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Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:20 pm

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