CO of 39 Sqn with Blenheims and Marylands in Egypt. Mentioned in chapter titled An Electrical Storm in The Armed Rovers by Roy Nesbit....
Good thinking Spidge. Better than my "a friend in the UK"!
http://no77.squadronassociation.org/DickCresswell.doc WING COMMANDER RICHARD. C. CRESSWELL DFC, DFC & AM (USA) (Retd) 27 July 1920 – 12 December...
77 Sqn RAAF http://no77.squadronassociation.org/index.php Lists Dick Cresswell as having passed away last December. I'm sure I knew that along...
Excellent idea. As the "editor" of my own monthly e-zine, I hope he goes well. If his books are anything to go by, this'll be a good read and very...
Might do Spidgeman, I'll follow me nose. Thanks.
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One of the "famous" targets for its vast expanse of oil refinieries. Perhaps the most well known raid was by a force of 178 USAAF Libs at very low...
Yep, I was just coming to that conclusion. The Lanc has ridden up on the B-17. If the Fort had sliced underneath the Lanc, the forward fuse of the...
Hmm, doors on B-17 are open...hmm, no hydraulics, doors flop open, brakes non-existent. Would tie in with apparent battle-damaged No 2. You...
Good point. I also think the weight of the Lanc is on the B-17 going by the compressed starboard leg of the Fort and the Lanc's one barely touching...
Oooh, Mk I Spit with metal three-bladed prop. Cool! The B-17 appears to have its rudder hard over but this could have been caused by the force of...
Don't know what to say to that excellent pic!
No 2 on the B-17 is feathered. Interesting.
Showing off your Nesbit collection now? Good post, interesting to know the motor was simply a charge. Makes sense really. Easy to make.
Your head clear as a bell at any given time? Find that hard to believe. Mmm, breakfast of champions those baps.
Now there's an idea!
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You know when I read the title of the thread, that was the pic I thought of! I think there's a similar pic of a couple of Aussie Ansons "mating".
I noticed in that Mossie shipping strike posted last week that one of the Mossies salvoed its rockets and they dropped short. Bet there was some...
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