Saturday, 15 May 2021

Halifax LW579, 51 Sqn, RAF Snaith , Cowleaze wood, Chilterns ,Oxfordshire 30th March 1944 Nuremburg raid

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From MY last trip to Oxfordshire. Halifax LW579, MH-V, 51Sqn RAF Snaith, Yorkshire took off along with 795 other planes from all over Englan...
Saturday, 8 May 2021

Winslow 7th August 1943,Wellington X3790 Mk III of 26 Operational Training Unit RAF Little Horwood

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3am on the 7th August 1943 in the small town of Winslow, Oxfordshire, many slept quietly as a lone plane circled overhead, the crew struggli...
Sunday, 25 April 2021

Halifax NP681, OW-J Linton-on-Ouse 426 Sqn R.C.A.F . Wallingford Oxfordshire 9th September 1944

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9th September , 1944 allied forces were besieging Le Harve to help support this Bomber command sent a force of Heavies to blast the defender...
Saturday, 17 April 2021

Typhoon DN444 22nd March 1943 Sgt Quentin MacPhail 'Mac' Shippee.247 Sqn Brookside Telford

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In the quiet road of Bishopdale, Brookside, Telford nothing today shows of the sad loss of a Typhoon Ib and its young Canadian pilot. 22nd ...
Friday, 9 April 2021

Oxford W6648 11 [P]AFU , RAF Shawbury ,29th of December 1943 Pilot Officer Gerald Obenauf Dawson

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A quick trip out to find a few local sites with Tricia . Oxford W6648 11 [P]AFU took off from RAF Shawbury on the morning of the 29th of Dec...
Friday, 2 April 2021

Do335-12 [RP+UB] 240112, Cove Junior School , Hampshire ,12th January 1946 , RAE Farnborough

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A work trip to the south to Cove gave me the chance to visit the crash site of a very unusual plane. At the end of fighting in WW2 Europe, a...
Saturday, 13 February 2021

Hudson T9320 1,OTU RAF Siloth, Cumbria Eastleigh Hampshire 15th August 1940

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On a work trip to the south I managed to find a few minutes to look for the site of the loss of a No.1 OTU Hudson. Hudson T9320 from 1OTU RA...