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RNZAF Lockheed P-3K2 Orion NZ4203

Last post by OneHungLow « Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:37 am
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by Karearea » Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:17 pm

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National hero on its way to the Museum:

The Air Force Museum of New Zealand will welcome the latest addition to its collection aircraft in...

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Do you know what aircraft the RNZAF are replacing the Orions with?

Boeing P-8A Poseidon
New Zealand’s Airborne Surveillance and Response Force...

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Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:37 am
Me262

Last post by Karearea « Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:43 pm
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by OneHungLow » Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:10 pm

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I saw my first Me262 at the age of 9 in the Johannesburg War Museum.

Around 1500+ Messerschmitt Me 262s were produced, but only eight aircraft...

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Battle Stations: Messerschmitt 262 - Race for the Jet (War History Documentary)

That documentary was very interesting.
Thank goodness those in...

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Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:43 pm
Battle of Midway Shipwrecks Documented

Last post by Karearea « Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:29 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Mon Sep 18, 2023 4:30 pm

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Sea explorers make first detailed search of shipwrecks from Battle of Midway
The site is the final resting place for hundreds of sailors on both...

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A couple of breath-taking photos at that link.

the expedition team conducted ceremonies to honor the site’s history. - I'm glad for that.

Rest in...

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Last post by Karearea
Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:29 pm
Forgotten Australian in the French Resistance - Bruce Dowding

Last post by Karearea « Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:14 am
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by OneHungLow » Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:36 am

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During my recent sojourn in France I spent a little time investigating the history of the Marquis in the area where I was staying and have continued...

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^ thank you, that was going to be my next question.

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Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:14 am
FltLt AM Laidlay DFC (1927-2016)

Last post by G-CPTN « Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:25 am
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by ricardian » Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:49 pm

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A friend posted this to the Ex-Boy Entrants Facebook page:
My Flight Commander in the 19th Entry at Cosford in 1954 was Flight Lieutenant Andrew...

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A varied choice of aircraft.

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Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:25 am
Operation Percy Pink

Last post by OneHungLow « Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:32 am
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by OneHungLow » Thu Aug 17, 2023 5:49 pm

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The Maquis.JPG

Operation Percy Pink
'Percy Pink' was a US special forces operation to parachute a 13-man Office of Strategic Services group into...

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Heroes all. Thanks for that video.

Glad somebody reads this stuff Karearea.

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Last post by OneHungLow
Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:32 am
Norman Darbyshire Part 1

Last post by OneHungLow « Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:22 pm
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by OneHungLow » Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:10 am

‘Written out the history books’: the British spy who planned the Iranian coup Norman Darbyshire had a modest upbringing but had a knack for...

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Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:22 pm
RAF in 1949 - aptitude tests for would-be aircrew

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:55 pm
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by ricardian » Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:32 pm

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1949 - Aptitude tests for would-be pilots or flight engineers at RAF Hornchurch, London

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In Nav training, 1962, our deputy course commander took one of the lectures. He looked around and then said half of us would be dead before we...

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Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:55 pm
Shackleton Operations

Last post by OneHungLow « Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:48 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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Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:48 pm
RAF Coastal Command 1944

Last post by OneHungLow « Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:13 pm
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by ricardian » Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:40 pm

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instructional film originally classified Confidential
An instructional film that describes the strategic principles and actual practice of Coastal...

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instructional film originally classified Confidential
An instructional film that describes the strategic principles and actual practice of Coastal...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:13 pm
McNamara's folly - deliberate use of low-IQ troops in Vietnam!

Last post by OneHungLow « Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:44 am
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by ricardian » Tue Jul 18, 2023 5:51 pm

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McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War
US Defence Secretary Robert McNamara lowered mental standards to induct 354,000 low-IQ...

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From The Militarisation of the San link above - ...a report by the Argus Africa News Service: “Terrorist attacks have brought unexpected benefits for...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:44 am
North Weald Strikemaster...

Last post by OneHungLow « Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:07 pm
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by OneHungLow » Thu Jul 20, 2023 12:22 pm

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This little aviation blandishment arrived in my in-box today... but I have been aware of the Strikemaster hurtling around here over the last two...

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Double temptation.

NW Strikemaster1.JPG

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Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:07 pm
RAF Coastal Command 1942

Last post by ricardian « Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:51 pm

by ricardian » Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:51 pm

Coastal Command (1942) - the movie, remastered
The work of Coastal Command is illustrated by this story (published November 1942) of a single...

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Last post by ricardian
Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:51 pm
RAF Ibsley - Watch station a potential des res?

Last post by Rossian « Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:33 pm
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by OneHungLow » Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:50 pm

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RAF Ibsley

Its walls are made of crumbling concrete and covered in graffiti, its windows shattered or stolen, and the landscape it was built to...

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Only because I'm curious you understand - is there a substantive difference between a watch tower and a control tower or is it a matter of USAAF...

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Last post by Rossian
Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:33 pm
RAF Scampton closure

Last post by 4mastacker « Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:59 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 agree with this. I just hope that no one defaces the grave stone.

Our currently serving colleagues did just that when they replaced the original...
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Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:59 pm
Westland Whirlwind Fighter

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:47 am
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by OneHungLow » Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:08 pm

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Westland Whirlwind Fighter

On 25 June, the latest exhibit for the Kent Battle of Britain Museum arrived at Hawkinge, in the shape of the Whirlwind...

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I dug out my father's Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1942 . Under the Whirlwind entry it says that Westland was formed in 1935 to take over the...

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Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:47 am
RAF 1946-80

Last post by ricardian « Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:55 pm

by ricardian » Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:55 pm

The Royal Air Force: Past and Present (Part Three 1946-1980)

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Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:55 pm
F-111's in the Australian Air Force

Last post by OneHungLow « Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:23 am

by OneHungLow » Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:23 am

Thoroughly interesting video with a nod to the Australian Air Force.

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Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:23 am
Military Faux Pas...

Last post by OneHungLow « Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:34 pm
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by OneHungLow » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:36 pm

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I suppose I could talk about the army lieutenant I knew who who took a star sight on the moon and then used the wrong tables in applying the lunar...

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Not a military faux pas but in 2020 under the thread heading of There are those who have done it - and those yet to.... I posted the story of the...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:34 pm
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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Last post by OneHungLow
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
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
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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Last post by 4mastacker
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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Sat Feb 18, 2023 11:17 am

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