les freathy Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Trust its OK to start this thread on Aviation in general similer to the one on ships, i have a small collection of all types of aircraft that are open to comments and additional info so will start with this photo of a Sea King helecopter taken by a friend a number of years ago who trade was a military photographer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Nothing to do with this particular Seaking, but it triggered a memory of a plastic model I had many years ago. It must have been early 1970's as the kit ( in US Navy markings ) also had the Apollo Spacecraft module included. Saw an RAF SAR Sea King fly over here just a few days ago. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Harvard over Halifax Dockyard,just like the picture:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 heres a couple taken at Cosford Museum this year Enjoy Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 A rare colour photo of the very first Manchester bomber built by Metropolitan-Vickers in December 1940, the day following this photo the aircraft and others were destroyed in a air raid. The Manchester was not a success and the Lancaster with its extra engines proved a far better machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 The famous Lancaster S for Sugar bombing up for a night flight her claim to fame was she survived 100 operational flights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Going back to the Sea King image, we quite often see the ASR over our marina, these were from two years ago during a genuine rescue, they transferred the casualty to ambulance (who made a full recovery) on our hardstanding between laid up boats. :shocked: Please excuse pic quality as I was using a pair of binoculars as a zoom lense :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 A very clever use of what you had on hand at the moment , any details on how the person was injured ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Good stuff all round. Hey Steve, I remember the Airfix Sikorsky S-61 with the Apollo capsule. I'll post some snaps on this thread shortly.... MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 ... any details on how the person was injured ? As far as I recall he had steam burns from working on a blocked engine cooling pipe, the ASR was in the air at the time anyway as the old gun emplacement Roughs Tower (or Sealand as it's also known) was on fire. This caused initial confusion as to where the casualty had come from as some reports had it that he had been working on Roughs Tower and recieved the injury there and had been picked up by the yacht. It turned out to be unrelated though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Some helicopters...The RN Sea King is from 771 Sqdrn SAR at Culdrose. It was a foul day. The RAF yellow SAR Sea King was at the Southend Air Show this "summer" as was the Lynx. Oh how it rained...... MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Thank you for the additional information Tugger . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Interesting photo of a Beaufighter with American markings, looks to be in the Middle East Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 The carniverous C5................ The huge loading ramp...... F117A Nighthawk.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Interesting photo of a Beaufighter with American markings, looks to be in the Middle East I can only find listings for the US using them in a night fighter role, and the photo doesn't seem to be in the right colour scheme for such a role. I have found the following US operators only so far 414th Night Fighter Squadron 415th Night Fighter Squadron 416th Night Fighter Squadron 417th Night Fighter Squadron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 (edited) Interesting photo of a Beaufighter with American markings, looks to be in the Middle East I can only find listings for the US using them in a night fighter role, and the photo doesn't seem to be in the right colour scheme for such a role. I have found the following US operators only so far 414th Night Fighter Squadron 415th Night Fighter Squadron 416th Night Fighter Squadron 417th Night Fighter Squadron and of these 415 is listed as a P-61 Black Widow squadron, 415 operated thus. Activated 10 February 1943 at La Senia AB, Algeria. Remained at La Senia AB until June 1943. La Sebia, Tunisia, (June 22-25 1943) Monastir, Tunisia (June - July 1943) La Sebala, Tunisia (July - September 1943) Cassibile, Sicily (September - November 1943) Cantania, Sicily (November - December 1943) Mntecorvino, Italy (December 1943 - January 1944) Marcianise, Italy (January - March 1944) Pomigliano, Italy (March - June 1944) La Blanca, Italy (June 11-17 1944) Valtone, Italy (June - July 1944) Soonzara, Corsica (July - September 1944) La Vallon, France (September 1-25 1944) Longvic, France (September - November 1944) Ochey, France (December 1944 - March 1945) St Dizier, France (March - April 1945) Gross-Gerau, Germany (April 1945 - October 1945) Edited October 26, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 (edited) The National Museum or the USAF has a Beaufighter (to typify a type) that served with the USAF as a night fighter, detailing this about the type. "We are very proud of the addition of the Bristol Beaufighter to our Air Power Gallery because it reminds us of time when we were not fully prepared for war," said museum director Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles D. Metcalf. "A good night fighter was not a capability that the U.S. had developed at that point, so we had to use British aircraft and equipment." In the summer of 1943, the 414th, 415th, 416th, and 417th Night Fighter Squadrons of the Mediterranean-based Twelfth Air Force received more than 100 "reverse Lend-Lease" Beaufighters, achieving their first night victory in January 1944. Although purpose-built American P-61 Black Widow night fighters began to replace them in December 1944, USAAF Beaufighters continued to fly night cover for Allied forces in Italy and France until the closing days of the war. The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio has completed the restoration of this rare Beaufighter Mk I. The aircraft is displayed as the USAAF Beaufighter flown by Capt. Harold Augspurger, commander of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, who shot down an He 111 carrying German staff officers in September 1944. The Beaufighter went on display on 18 October 2006. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123029523 Edited October 26, 2008 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I can only find listings for the US using them in a night fighter role, and the photo doesn't seem to be in the right colour scheme for such a role.I have found the following US operators only so far 414th Night Fighter Squadron 415th Night Fighter Squadron 416th Night Fighter Squadron 417th Night Fighter Squadron and of these 415 is listed as a P-61 Black Widow squadron, Mike, Most probably 417th Night Fighter Sqn. They were posted to North Africa. There is a book realting the squadrons history, called "Beaufighters in the night". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 In the Mediterranean, the USAAF's 414th, 415th, 416th and 417th Night Fighter Squadrons received 100 Beaufighters in the summer of 1943, achieving their first victory in July 1943. Through the summer the squadrons conducted both daytime convoy escort and ground-attack operations, but primarily flew defensive interception missions at night. Although the Northrop P-61 Black Widow fighter began to arrive in December 1944, USAAF Beaufighters continued to fly night operations in Italy and France until late in the war. (Wiki..) A ground Attack role/ Convoy escort could explain the Daytime colour sceme, rather than a Black underside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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