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Post by mustangp51 on Oct 27, 2024 15:51:09 GMT
I believe that the smartly dressed young man in the foreground is myself after marshalling the “ whistling wheelbarrow” in the background. Note lack of ear defenders. Happy Days.
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Post by PB on Oct 27, 2024 17:22:10 GMT
I believe that the smartly dressed young man in the foreground is myself after marshalling the “ whistling wheelbarrow” in the background. Note lack of ear defenders. Happy Days. Ahh, a familiar face for sure!! They were, as you say, incredibly happy and very special days. Wonderful to hear from you, are you at Blackbushe at all nowadays? Best wishes PB |
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Post by mustangp51 on Oct 28, 2024 7:56:05 GMT
Sadly I live too far away, Pete, in Gloucestershire. But one day.
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Post by PB on Oct 28, 2024 8:08:10 GMT
Ahh, lovely place to live, but as you say, "One day"...
Happy memories...
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Post by chevvron on Nov 13, 2024 13:30:28 GMT
Only remnant of a Halifax I ever saw was in 1961 on a train passing Radlett; there were dozens of Victors sitting around on the main apron but all on its own near the north end of the main runway there was a Halifax cockpit section.
Earliest 'arrival' of a Halifax at Bovingdon was in 1942, before the runway had been completed. The aircraft was sent on a clandestine task to evaluate whether there would be excess noise generated by aircraft operating from Bovingdon because of the establishment of a high security POW 'hotel' at nearby Latimer House*.
The pilot decided to land to see what was going on at Bovingdon only to discover the airfield had not been finished and the aircraft was damaged and stayed there until it had been repaired.
As a consequence of this flight,(nothing to do with the crash) Bovingdon's main runway was cut down to 4,900ft instead of the standard 6,000ft and a second airfield planned for Wilton Park at Beaconsfield wasn't built, it being completed as another interrogation centre.
* So high security that when MOD sold it in the 1980s, they left instructions that a secret walled up corridor in the basement must not be opened for 50 years.
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Post by filair on Nov 14, 2024 10:15:33 GMT
The Radlett Halifax nose went to the Skyfame museum at Staverton I believe
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