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26 Jan 2009 18:26 #11
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Oopps!! Not my opinion, just passing on the info regarding the location of the Spitfire, i dont personally know the Panton brothers but having visited a few times can say it is a very nice museum.
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18 Mar 2010 20:14 #12
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This has got to be unusual ,Dakota body used as a church
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must be Europe after D Day, any thoughts ?
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must be Europe after D Day, any thoughts ?
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18 Jan 2014 21:10 #13
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Not sure if I'm posting this in the right section. I bought this photo last week of a crashed C-47. Unfortunately there's no details to go with it so it's a bit of a mystery.
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WWII USAAF C-47 crash by jonesy1275 , on Flickr
There's a B-24 in the background. The mechanic in the foreground is wearing a D1 jacket which indicates Europe to me.
The tail code on the C-47 looks to be an 'I'.
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Neil.
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WWII USAAF C-47 crash by jonesy1275 , on Flickr
There's a B-24 in the background. The mechanic in the foreground is wearing a D1 jacket which indicates Europe to me.
The tail code on the C-47 looks to be an 'I'.
Any thoughts?
Neil.
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08 Oct 2016 17:59 #14
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A scanned photo of a 435 Sqn RCAF Dakota's flight deck over Burma in 1945, from my late father's collection.
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23 Jun 2018 00:06 - 25 Jun 2018 12:29 #15
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No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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Originaly posted as Douglas DC-2
This afternoon I think we saw a DC-2 fly over our house. It was silver and had the Swissair tail markings. It also looked like an undernourished DC-3. Google tells me there is indeed a Swiss DC-2 that is flyable so I suspect it must have been that one.
Apart from the slightly pointed nosed, the engines sounded different to the DC-3 and oddly it had its undercarriage down. I assume it was landing at London City Airport as we get dozens of aircraft for their every day.
I did take a photo but it had trundled past so when I download it it may not be any good. I'll add it to this post if it is.
This afternoon I think we saw a DC-2 fly over our house. It was silver and had the Swissair tail markings. It also looked like an undernourished DC-3. Google tells me there is indeed a Swiss DC-2 that is flyable so I suspect it must have been that one.
Apart from the slightly pointed nosed, the engines sounded different to the DC-3 and oddly it had its undercarriage down. I assume it was landing at London City Airport as we get dozens of aircraft for their every day.
I did take a photo but it had trundled past so when I download it it may not be any good. I'll add it to this post if it is.
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23 Jun 2018 08:24 - 23 Jun 2018 09:43 #16
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I thought that the only airworthy DC-2 in europe was the one painted in KLM colours as PH-AJU?
I know that it visited Humberside a year or more ago in relation to a KLM event
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24 Jun 2018 21:41 #17
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I now think it was a DC-3 although it looks to too slim to me. The photo below is an enlargement of the dot in the middle of the full photo so apologies for the quality.
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24 Jun 2018 23:19 #18
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Almost certainly "Swiss Air" DC-3 N431HM
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25 Jun 2018 12:26 #19
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As seen on Planefider playback
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25 Jun 2018 13:14 #20
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Brilliant. It must have turned towards Biggin Hill just after we stopped looking at it. Sneaky 
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