WIX Archives
Curioser and curioser
Posted by Indiana Tony on Wed Sep 05, 2001 07:35:37 AM
In reply top More Information posted by Indiana Tony on Wed Sep 05, 2001 06:08:22 AM
4. The normal practice, was to donate aircraft to the coun
: try's fledgling air arm. We had already recognised the Bur
: mese peoples help during the war, and we did sell/donate o
: ther Spitfires and Seafires to them
http://www.ibiblio.org/freeburma/docs/burma_independence_docs.html
My point exactly.........
Tony :0)
Has someone got that sack full of anchovies butts open again?
......Email already sent to Maynamar MOD
: http://british-forces.com/cig/squadrons/squads/273.html
:
: "At the same time, No 273 Squadron took its Mk VIIIs to B
: angkok and, a week later, to Tan Son Nhut in French Indo-C
: hina. The squadron re-equipped with Mk XIVs in November 19
: 45 before disbanding the following January."
:
: " The British forces under General Gracey included a small
: air contingent. This was composed of squadrons transferre
: d from Burma. On 11 September 1945, ten Spitfire Mk.VIIIs
: of 273 Squadron left Mingaladon, Burma for Tan Son Nhut, v
: ia Bangkok, arriving on 19 September. They were joined by
: 34 photo- reconnaisance Mosquitos of 684 Squadron starting
: on 12 October. In November 1945, the war-weary Spitfire M
: k.VIIIs of 273 Squadron were replaced by bubble-topped Mk.
: XIVs (possibly FR.XIVes); however their deployment was sho
: rt lived, as the squadron flew its last operational sortie
: on 8 January, and was disbanded on 31 January 1946"
:
: So my question is.....
:
: 1. Why deliver aircraft, to a Squadron that is not in resi
: dence?
:
: 2. 273 were re-equipped with this type in Vietnam. So, err
: rrr why were they buried?
:
: 3.Why say the aircraft were delivered to a squadron, that
: had been disbanded?
:
: 4. The normal practice, was to donate aircraft to the coun
: try's fledgling air arm. We had already recognised the Bur
: mese peoples help during the war, and we did sell/donate o
: ther Spitfires and Seafires to them
: 5. Another theory
:
: The Squadron went to Vietnam, and disposed of their 8's th
: ere. Even in those days, there was a strong US prescence i
: n Vietnam, during disarming of the Japanese forces, and Po
: lice actions, aginst former allies, who wanted their count
: ry back. So, my theory is this, are we sure, that the 8's
: weren't buried at Tan Son Nhut, by the SeeBee detachment?
:
: Any Spitfire deployment specialists in the house?
:
: Tony:0)