Look at this...

[farley]

the image seems to come from several of R5689 VN-N. Some are annotated as being taken on August 28th 1942 which I think puts 50 Squadron at Skelly like you say. That's just about 3 miles from me right now. Nothing much left to see anymore.....

Hey Boo, I would bet that in your minds eye you look toward the old airfield and see and hear a lot of the planes of the day coming and going from there.
Sites and sounds taken for granted all those years ago, that we would pay a pretty penny to behold.

I wonder what it's like to hear 100 Lancaster's flying low overhead.....

[ATAG_Scones]

They were only at Waddington until 1940. Then they left for RAF Lindholme then to Swinderby then to Skellingthorpe in Nov 1941 where they re-equipped with Lancs in June 1942 which takes place at the same time the airfield is temporarily closed to extend the runways for a few weeks (....er......how long did Waddo take to redo recently?.....3 years?)

The likelihood (and by great leap of faith) is that these photos are taken to mark the recent re-opening of Skelly and to mark the re-commencement of Ops or operational status by 50 Squadron.

VN N is something of a poster girl!!!

Hello, Boo.

I doff my cap to you, sir!

You are right - they were at Skellingthorpe in 1942, when they re-equipped with the Lancaster.

[BOO]

the image seems to come from several of R5689 VN-N. Some are annotated as being taken on August 28th 1942 which I think puts 50 Squadron at Skelly like you say. That's just about 3 miles from me right now. Nothing much left to see anymore.....

Hey Boo, I would bet that in your minds eye you look toward the old airfield and see and hear a lot of the planes of the day coming and going from there.
Sites and sounds taken for granted all those years ago, that we would pay a pretty penny to behold.

I wonder what it's like to hear 100 Lancaster's flying low overhead.....

Some airfields are just empty but Coleby Grange nr Waddington is a odd place. Its on low moorland which kinda helps but it has a vey palpable atmosphere. an air of expectancy if you will (I'm not prone to such stuff usually) It was a largely night fighter base in WW2. RAF mosquitos and USAAF P61s and P70s before becoming a Thor launch site in the cold war.

I'm very lucky - my job often takes me to old airfields and there's usually time to explore.

[BOO]

Hello, Boo.

I doff my cap to you, sir!

You are right - they were at Skellingthorpe in 1942, when they re-equipped with the Lancaster.

Google-Foo and living in Bomber County- aaaaaaa-ya!

[LuseKofte]

Not aviation , but funny

[LuseKofte]

Itis not easy to climb into a corsair cockpit when a book of instruction is needed to be able to

[LuseKofte]

This might be the best aerial fighting ever filmed

[1lokos]

This might be the best aerial fighting ever filmed

In fact a well made CGI, without follow - much - Hollywood "Star Wars recipe".

I just don't like of that "WT/BLITZ fires", with flames coming from in front engines.

BTW - This BF2C-1 Hawk has "fast engine warm-up" button.

LOL - "Modern" stuff in that 30's planes:

[Trooper117]

Enjoyed the video... something different, highly entertaining stuff

[LuseKofte]

Yes the CGI I got, those planes is not available , I found it very good. Like the cockpit shots and types

[1lokos]

Cockpits shots looks from J-6 (Chinese Mig-19):



This YT clips probable are from(Chinese) Eastern Battlefield TV series.

http://orsun.com.cn/orsunen/index.ph...w-aid-362.html

[LARRY69]

Just If you don`t know... War is Hell.
https://www.facebook.com/90931610589...2037166955615/

Syrian Army T-72 main battle tank destroyed by RPG-29 anti-tank rocket launcher used by Syrian Rebels.

[1lokos]

Halifax towing Horsa during Operation Beggar in August 1943, a 5.100 KM flight in three legs for supply British forces in Tunisia.



Two Halifaxes and four Horsas where lost due accidents plus pair intercepted by two FW 200 Condor and shoot down in Bay of Biscay.

[LuseKofte]

"A rocket fired by an enemy fighter inflicted this damage on The Sack, a B-17 of the 379th Group. A 14-inch fragment of the rocket tore the pants off of the turret gunner without hurting him." SOURCE: Target: Germany by Life Magazine and The Mighty Eighth by Roger A. Freeman.

[PhoenixCNE]

*SNIP*
"A rocket fired by an enemy fighter inflicted this damage on The Sack, a B-17 of the 379th Group. A 14-inch fragment of the rocket tore the pants off of the turret gunner without hurting him." SOURCE: Target: Germany by Life Magazine and The Mighty Eighth by Roger A. Freeman.

Lol I bet that is for the better, they for sure had a mess in them. Its amazing the close calls some of these gents had.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Just If you don`t know... War is Hell.
https://www.facebook.com/90931610589...2037166955615/

Syrian Army T-72 main battle tank destroyed by RPG-29 anti-tank rocket launcher used by Syrian Rebels.

All three of them would have been toast if the Rebels had enough ATM's... definitely not paying attention.

Urban environments are not healthy for tanks without infantry support.

[LARRY69]

[http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNe...ightmares.aspx

[LARRY69]

An order, that my grandfather got from the company Focke-Wulf for his employment for the FW 190 in 1941 (see earlyer posts of mine in this tread). The note means: " Oblt Behrens, In grateful appreciation for tireless fruitful grumbling."

[LuseKofte]

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There might be other reasons for applying to RAF than flying

[ATAG_Vampire]

Nice find Lusekofte!

After spending 30 years in the RAF all I can say is.............what else is there to be said?

There are the others and then there is the ROYAL AIR FORCE. Haha!

o7

[ATAG_Flare]

Gotta love the "Chair Force"!

[LARRY69]

[LuseKofte]

[LARRY69]

look at this..









John Cleese infront of his BF 109.

[ATAG_Flare]

Fun to try and figure out which ones are originally coloured photos and which ones have been colourised after the fact. Nice pics!

[LARRY69]

Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda stands fasts, as Major Taniguchi relieves him from his command, March 9, 1974.
Lieutenant Onoda continuously carried out guerrilla war for 30 years, although War had ended in 1945.
(The book is "No Surrender: My thirty years War")

[LARRY69]

The shadow of an RAF Avro Vulcan over the wreckage of “Lady Be Good”, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber lying on the Libyan desert, having crashed in 1943.

[LuseKofte]

I find it hard to believe some of the information one come across . Can anyone confirm this


The fascinating story of Mary Babnick Brown. Her blonde hair had never been chemically treated or heated with curling irons so it was resiliant enough to use for crosshairs in Norden bombsights for bomber aircraft, which had to withstand a wide range of temperatures and humidity.

[LARRY69]

Vale Allan Skerman

Mr Skerman, from Mackay, passed away late last week, aged 101.

He was the oldest surviving member of the Rats of Tobruk - the soldiers of the garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during and after the Siege of Tobruk in World War II.

A service for Mr Skerman will be held later this month.

R.I.P.

[Marco]

RIP

Thanks for posting.

~S~