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Thanks Ross G-AFCV = V3138 N?T
Posted by Paul McMillan on Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:55:21 PM
In reply top V3137 posted by Ross McNeill on Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:39:00 AM
: Hi Paul,
:
: The remains of Caribou can be found just off the harbour b
: ut it is Cabot that is normally described.
:
: G-AFCU, named Cabot, was impressed from Imperial Airways i
: n March 1940. On 5th of May both Caribou and Cabot had jus
: t landed from Harstad with F/Lt Stone and F/Lt Long at the
: controls when they were spotted by Do.17s from 1(F)/120.
: F/Lt Stone managed to start Cabot's engines but ran agroun
: d while taxying.
:
: The survivors from both crews used two motor boats to tow
: Cabot to some steep cliffs several miles along the coast b
: ut they were again spotted and bombed by 1(F)/120. The cre
: ws were later evacuated along with other troops.
:
: Cabot was delivered to Imperial Airways in March 1939 and
: took part in the second of Imperial Airways' trans-Atlanti
: c experiment into air to air flight refuelling. On 5th and
: 6th August both Caribou and Cabot, flew from Southampton
: to New York via Foynes, Botwood and Montreal. This was the
: first in a series of flights where air mail was carried o
: n scheduled flights and the aircraft were refuelled in the
: air by a Handley Page Harrow tanker aircraft.
:
: Regards
: Ross