The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Hi, I've been on a while, I'm at Little Neston (in Cheshire, not Merseyside !) on the Wirral. I'm from Goole (someone has to come from there), but escaped west. I've always been a member of Subterranea Brittanica, into underground stuff, but got interested in ww2 stuff as I live next to a bombing decoy on Burton Marsh, which was largely forgotten about, and next to a RAF Bombing Range, also forgotten about. I sometimes visit East Yorkshire, which explains some obscure posts from that region.

I've always been into aviation, used to live near Finningley (it was hard to escape the Vulcans there), sometimes spend a few hours at Manchester Airport, and work near Speke Airport in the old hanger, near to the old airport buildings. My Speke datacentre is built on the site of the old ww2 test / training catapult for the merchant ships.

I'm currently driving the NMR mad, getting all the aerial photos of the Merseyside Decoys, I specialise in the obscure items, and the people involved in the little mentioned or remembered jobs in ww2.

My main interest is currently in 19th century coal mines, Lancashire, Wirral, N. Wales and Buxton. There are several books that I must write sometime.

Welcome back. I look forward to seeing the results of your research into other Cheshire/Lancs Merseyside Bombing Decoys.

I'm currently waiting for the post (Royal mail !). It should have the NMR aerial photos of the Burton marsh bombing range, and the Puddington Inner Marsh decoys. Will keep posted. I have some other Merseyside ones, but nothing too interesting. One shows the Ince Petroleum site being ploughed over in a photo.

...on a wing and a prayer because, basically, I'm having a shaky start trying to find my way around and praying I've come to the right place! Being female I hope I won't be the only one round here???

My Uncle was an Armourer, a Wellington Bomber pilot and a Flight Instructor in WW2 and he left behind a wonderful legacy of his life in the R.A.F (and beyond!) which are in 5 thick A4 files. I'm currently re-typing them out and, when finished, will make them into a book (or two, or three!) for the family to keep. I've also started to put it up on a Blog (not sure if I'm allowed to put the link in this post!) as I'm sure there will be folk out there who might be interested. He was stationed at quite a few places, Uxbridge, Eastchurch, Martlesham Heath, Sutton Bridge, Upavon, etc. He was also on board the aircraft carriers H.M.S Furious and Courageous. He also flew an Oxford light bomber to Penhold, Alberta, in Canada,

I've also had a fascination for WW2 Airfields, especially what used to be my local one. I always used to wonder where each building used to be, but since being sent a copy of the layout I now know!

My Father was in the R.A.F .. in Bomb Disposal.

I had another Uncle who was on the aircraft carrier Glorious, but sadly died when it was torpedoed off the coast of Norway in June 1940.

Looking forward to reading the Forums..

What an interesting family history, welcome to the forum:)
You mention the airfield that used to be your local one, can you let us know where that was ?

Welcome to AiX, Skye10

Welcome to AiX Skye 10. As an ex-RAF Armourer and Bomb Disposal man I have an interest in like experiences.

Your local airfield will almost certainly feature in an AiX thread and I look forward to anything you can add to the personal history.

Welcome aboard! There should be more women in aviation in general, and on AiX in particular, so you coming here is a welcome addition IMHO.