DesertBlooms88 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 [h=1]Well, can anybody identify this aircraft? Library of Congress image. Royal Air Force biplane on its way to Cairo, Egypt from Palestine - circa 1936 ( note the soldier smoking a cigarette and reading his book, under the a/c nose section )[/h] View LARGE MB file via link http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2010003677/PP/ DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 westland wapati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remevmb Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Just guessing, but Westland Wapiti springs to mind [ATTACH=CONFIG]70209[/ATTACH] DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 got it wrong its a hawker horsley from 33sqd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 twice wrong fairey gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Any entries from Vickers?:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the responses here. I have managed to find a photo showing a Fairey Gordon in a similar position to this one.... with no skin. It is from a website featuring a model build of this aircraft and included is a photo of a crashed Fairey Gordon which has burnt out. Clearly visible at the rear fuselage area is that very distictive angled structure on the side of the fuselage between the fin and cockpit. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/pentaxman/Burned-Gordon-Cross207-MRsm.jpg Original link here http://www.rchobbyhub.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=204&t=4121 Thankyou again for replies to this thread. DesertBlooms88 Edited December 8, 2012 by DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Whilst looking over some 1930's photographs of 6 SQN Hawker Hardy biplanes at RAF Ramleh in Palestine, i noticed something in the background of one. Here is the Library of Congress link http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2010004267/PP/ Can anybody shine any light on these two aircraft here please which are just outside the hangar? Close-up Main photo of 6 SQN Hawker Hardy at Ramleh aerodrome. DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 avro tutor on right and fairey gordon on left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 avro tutor on right and fairey gordon on left Thats excellent thanks. I see the Gordon has that very distinctive tail, which i should have noticed, ref the original ' Whats this plane ' query. Another note is the Avro Tutror's were known as Avro 621 Trainers . A very distinctive ' uncowled ' engine i read. Thankyou DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 I have found another photo which had no id but this is i believe also a Fairey Gordon ? Library of Congress image http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2005008790/PP/ Many thanks DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I have found another photo which had no id but this is i believe also a Fairey Gordon ? Library of Congress image http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2005008790/PP/ [ATTACH=CONFIG]70216[/ATTACH] Many thanks DesertBlooms88 correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Thanks. Apparently there is only one known example of a Fairey Gordon left. The aircraft, NZ629, is in New Zealand undergoing restoration. Apart from that i can find nothing else on it. One piece of information i did find was the aircraft had to be recovered from a tree. DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Here is a brief account of what happened to this aircraft - from http://www.adf-serials.com NZDF-SERIALS Australian & New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials & History http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzgordon.htm " KZ629 - Possibly K2759. With No.1 SFTS, Wigram April 1940. Blown off course inland ....... Moments later the aircraft hit trees on top of a ridge on Mount White and flipped backwards down the side of the steep slope, ending up hanging in the trees. LACs Walter Raphael, and Wilfred Everist suffered minor injuries....... The instruments, guns and engine were later recovered and the remains of the aircraft left where it crashed. The aircraft was recovered from the crash site ........ In April 2004 it was reported that the restoration of the aircraft had started. " DesertBlooms88 Edited December 10, 2012 by DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Fantastic photo here showing No 207 Squadron RAF and what looks like a circle of Fairey Gordon aircraft. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/gordons/gordons.htm DesertBlooms88 Edited December 10, 2012 by DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Just found this RARE view of a Fairey Gordon taking off af RAF LYDD in Palestine circa 1930's Right by the side of the runway. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1246540/ Large photo of a Fairey Gordon sitting on its nose. http://forum.keypublishing.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=195164&d=1305033374 DesertBlooms88 Edited December 10, 2012 by DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Interesting Wapiti photographs here - inc. pranged http://norav.50megs.com/photo3_2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a really nice quite large photo showing a Fairey Gordon aircraft with floats. Its good quality and i have noted from Wikipedia that 5 Gordons with Floats were sold to Brazil. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yhLfcXgr3k4/TeAlHPZiQcI/AAAAAAAACCM/HB_Ldq44Idw/s1600/Fairey_Gordan-Torres_decada+de+30.jpg Looking at the photo it could indeed be in South America. Nice photograph. DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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