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Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:31 pm
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The Royal Navy Historic Flight and Navy Wings
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CharlieOneSix » Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:31 am
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The Royal Navy Historic Flight will cease to exist on 31 March next year and all the aircraft will be transferred to the Civilian Register. Navy...
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Is it just me or is there a remarkable likeness through those three generations?
Exactly what I thought about those good men, past and present,...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:38 pm
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The Taranto Raid - 78 years ago tonight - 11/11/1940
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:53 pm
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On Remembrance Sunday it is coincidentally the 78th anniversary of one of the Fleet Air Arm's great successes and one that is celebrated each year...
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Plum - here is Jock Moffat's obituary from The Scotsman:
Jock Moffat's obituary
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:21 pm
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Never had a problem..........
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ian16th » Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:56 pm
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.............. boarding a Beverley!
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Ah, I've been a 'Registered User' of the Telegraph since dial up days.
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Last post by ian16th
Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:45 pm
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Wing Commander John Wynne, flew his damaged Fortress bomber back to base alone
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by Capetonian » Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:33 am
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Wing Commander John Wynne, flew his damaged Fortress bomber back to base alone and was later involved in a remarkable postwar reconciliation –...
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In December 1955 Wynne started to fly the RAF’s first V-bomber, the Vickers Valiant, part of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, before re-joining 214...
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Last post by ian16th
Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:32 am
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Ah! de Havilland
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ian16th » Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:28 pm
For those of a certain age, and a very special 'Uncle Roger'.
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Last post by ian16th
Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:28 pm
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Captain Jack and the Furious Few
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Tall Bird » Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:09 am
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A good programme on Wednesday evening on BBC4. The early days of the RNAS and the first carrier landings in WW1. I wasn't aware of this history but...
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Tall Bird you and C16 are ad idem...
I managed to miss the episode so the iPlayer link will come in handy today. Thanks for posting.
Caco
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Last post by Cacophonix
Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:52 am
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The Battle of Mirbat
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Cacophonix » Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:28 am
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I was sitting in a cold chalet, bored and trapped behind the boerewors belt that divides the northern suburbs from the southern in Cape Town some...
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Off topic I know but I have to agree with 4mast. I spent some time as ops. officer, between real jobs, at a station that worked well into the night...
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Last post by boing
Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:25 pm
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Merlin engine question
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Yamagata ken » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:59 am
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I have a question about differences between the UK built and Packard Merlins. I know that the UK plans were re-drawn for Packard, doubtless to...
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Cue Henry Martyn Leland.
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Last post by John Hill
Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:17 am
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Military phrases in need of preservation
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Alisoncc » Sun Dec 17, 2017 2:03 am
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On a similar line to C16's thread. Military phrases that were once so familiar to those took the oath, wore the uniform and occasionally stood in...
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I read somewhere that Still was rejected by management, as it was thought to be derogatory.
Not to be out-manoeuvered, the great British Squaddie...
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Last post by cockney steve
Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:31 pm
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1918
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Woody » Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:08 pm
With the approaching Centenary I’m sure that there will be lots of interesting articles such as this :YMAPPLAUSE:
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Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:08 pm
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Blackpool Illuminations switched on by Canberra
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Woody » Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:08 pm
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Was looking for some info on Blackpool Illuminations and came across a list of all the people and animals that have turned on the Lights, does anyone...
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A quick search found the following:
Well, it didn’t actually flick the switch (it had some help from WW2 pilots Douglas Bader and Ginger Lacey,...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:10 am
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Avro Vulcan Nostalgia - more Haynes inspired stuff
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Cacophonix » Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:27 pm
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Caco, did you get the V Force operations manual? Some of my work is published therein.
Having been prompted by this recent post on the Haynes...
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Brian 'Paddy' Murphy
Do we assume that Cpl Murphy (as was) has now passed-on - or he has sought to sell his medals to fund his life?
I assume...
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Last post by ian16th
Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:06 pm
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Gatwick Aviation Museum
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by Capetonian » Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:46 pm
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I spent a couple of pleasant hours at the Gatwick Aviation Museum on Friday. An interesting collection of Cold War era stuff, with some exhibits...
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Yes, worth a visit - it has had its 'ups and downs' over the years. Thanks for the pix.
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Last post by Boac
Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:59 am
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Colonial types.
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Cacophonix » Sat Sep 01, 2018 1:50 pm
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Adolph Gysbert Sailor Malan, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar
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Caco
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I think it now very difficult for colonials to join the RAF.
It is hard for anyone to join the RAF these days given the fact that it is much...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Sun Sep 02, 2018 11:03 am
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Last post by FD2
Sat Sep 01, 2018 9:06 pm
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Closed RAF Stations.
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ian16th » Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:44 am
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Which one was the Sgt's Mess on Gan?
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the Vulcan broke up into little bits - believed to have exceeded the g-limit by rolling and pulling.
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Last post by Boac
Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:15 pm
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SHARJAH
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by Sisemen » Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:45 am
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Alison's reference to Sharjah in TRABB made me think that, perhaps, we ought to have a Sharjah nostalgia thread about the place.
I was there from...
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Thanks Ricardian. That’s a prize-winning set of knees you’ve got there :D
Yes, and I've still got them...
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Last post by ricardian
Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:50 pm
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Night Bombers in 1943
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Cacophonix » Sun Aug 05, 2018 1:54 pm
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An excellent documentary (made after the war) about the personnel that underpinned the bomber command effort. Historically accurate and shows the...
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Cacophonix, thank you for that, technically that film was not post-war and historically accurate but a contemporary film shot during the war but only...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:59 am
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Yeoman warders
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ricardian » Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:22 pm
From the Tower of London:
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Chief Yeoman Warder Pete McGowran and our new Yeoman Gaoler Bob...
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Last post by ricardian
Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:22 pm
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Aussie Spitifire pilots remembered
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Cacophonix » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:10 am
Sqn Ldr Daniel Cremin, whose remains were discovered by metal detectorist, died in 1942 test flight...
Seventy-five years after a distinguished...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:10 am
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Last post by Capetonian
Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:42 am
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Royal Air Force 100
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ian16th » Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:44 pm
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As an 'overseas' member of the RAFA I have been invited to put my name forward to attend the RAFA Service at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in...
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I use VPN a lot when I'm out of UK but I think the BBC have caught onto it and i-player doen't work for me. I have a set-top IPTV box though and that...
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Last post by Capetonian
Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:48 am
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Vaclav Jicha
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Cacophonix » Sun Jul 01, 2018 3:39 pm
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Finally located Jicha's grave after a long hot walk and search today.
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The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. V Jicha...
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Thanks for that Caco. The only thing I read about Jicha was in Sigh For A Merlin .
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Last post by Slasher
Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:03 pm
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Recollections of an Arctic Convoy
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OFSO » Thu May 17, 2018 6:13 pm
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While sorting through my files, I came across the following, written by my old colleague Harry Gordon Smith, sadly long departed from this world....
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Very well written.
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Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:33 pm
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