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Re: RN photos 4 bladed props
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:09:52 PM
In reply top Re: RN photos 4 bladed props posted by john parker on Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:30:35 PM
Excellent on both counts John. Can't wait to see the pictures. The highball mosquitoes are quite a fascinating subject! Thanks again. Richard
: I grew up in New South Wales near Narromine - During WW11
: 618 Sqn RAF I believe was sent to Australia to utilise the
: smaller Barnes Wallace bouncing bomb. The Idea was to bou
: nce the bomb alongside japanese warships and have it deton
: ate just below the waterline. Anyway I have photos of the
: Mosquitos lined up at narromine and all had 4 blade props
: - I later rebuilt a rear fuselage section from one which i
: ncidentially had a few german bullets lodged in it. All of
: this was of course secret at the time but is now fully do
: cumented in a Book by David Vincent of South Australia (ou
: t of print I am afraid but a great read) I will post the p
: hotos from Narromine shortly. More RN ones will be posted
: today / tomorrow and I will put together a bit more of the
: story if anybody is interested.
:
: regards
: John P
:
:
: : Fascinating photographs John... thanks for posting them.
: I
: : did a quick search for the Dragon Rapide to see if I co
: ul
: : d get any information, and found that G-ACTU stalled on
: ta
: : ke off at Cardiff while in RAF service as AW115 on 15 Fe
: b
: : 1941... that would at least give a time period to some o
: f
: : the photographs.
: :
: : Amazingly, someone has done a color profile of Sea Fury
: TF
: : 991 in 805 Sqn colors at the following link.
: : http://wp.scn.ru/camms/shablon_view.shtml?archive/ww3_fi
: gh
: : ters/0057/pics/0057_9_2.jpg
: :
: : Firebrand EK601 is here http://1000aircraftphotos.com/AP
: S/
: : 2901.htm
: :
: : Thought you might like to see these.
: :
: : Cheers,
: : Richard
: :
: :
: : : Hi all
: : :
: : : I have started putting up the Royal Navy shots as pro
: mi
: : se
: : : d - a lot more to come as well as the Wanaka shots fro
: m
: : la
: : : st weekend
: : :
: : : http://community.webshots.com/user/setter125
: : :
: : : Regards
: : : John parker