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Post by pieter on Dec 9, 2012 7:55:48 GMT -7
This incredible sound my fahter heard above Rotterdam during the war when squadrens of allied Lancaster Bombers flew to Germany over Holland.
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Post by pieter on Dec 9, 2012 8:04:50 GMT -7
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Post by Nictoshek on Dec 9, 2012 9:27:27 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Dec 9, 2012 9:55:14 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Dec 9, 2012 11:16:38 GMT -7
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Post by Nictoshek on Dec 9, 2012 14:17:10 GMT -7
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Post by karl on Dec 9, 2012 15:50:07 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Dec 9, 2012 16:22:55 GMT -7
Aircraft through this era have always fascinated me. Once jets came in aircraft became rather boring to me. The Avro Lancaster however had more of a conventional rectangular framing underlying the skin as shown at www.avrosys.demon.co.uk/bomber/airframe.htmThen again, one of my favorite aircraft airframes was recorded to have an interlaced diamond framework which made it particularly tough and resilient to damage. the Wellington: and an example of its toughness: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Vickers_Wellington_Mark_X%2C_HE239_%27NA-Y%27%2C_of_No._428_Squadron_RCAF_%28April_1943%29.pngSame photo from another source Original description: "Damage to Vickers Wellington Mark X, HE239 'NA-Y', of No. 428 Squadron RCAF based at Dalton, Yorkshire, resulting from a direct hit from anti-aircraft gun fire while approaching to bomb Duisburg, Germany on the night of 8/9 April 1943. Despite the loss of the rear turret and its gunner, as well as other extensive damage, the pilot, Sergeant L F Williamson, continued to bomb the target, following which it was found that the bomb doors could not be closed because of a complete loss of hydraulic power. Williamson nevertheless brought HE239 and the remainder of his crew back for a safe landing at West Malling, Kent, where this photograph was taken." from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vickers_Wellington_Mark_X,_HE239_%27NA-Y%27,_of_No._428_Squadron_RCAF_%28April_1943%29.png
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Post by kaima on Dec 9, 2012 16:32:23 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Dec 9, 2012 16:41:21 GMT -7
With no desire to distract from the Lancaster, but I see it as better than starting a new thread and scattering related information. 1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mz0r3DmCUE4/UA9y_HUXa4I/AAAAAAAAOMo/qdl0v8wB09g/s1600/Damaged+Vickers+Wellington+bomber.jpg"Today <04-01-2012>I was enjoying a leisurely cruise along the Leeds-Liverpool canal. As my son and I (pictured) were opening a bridge to let our barge through I noticed this memorial: AT NOON on September 23rd 1943 the Polish crew of Wellington bomber HZ251 took off from Skipton on Swale in North Yorkshire for a routine training mission. Shortly afterwards their aircraft fell out of the sky; crashing on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal at Bradley, near Skipton. None of the crew survived. On April 22nd relatives of the men gathered at the crash site to unveil a memorial in their honour. They were joined by RAF Officers, cadets and veterans as well as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Spitfire and Hurricane, which flew in tribute overhead. Five of the seven man crew were novices but the pilot, Flight Sergeant Fraciszek Ciaston, had flown seven operational sorties. Navigator Instructor, Flight Lieutenant Jozef Wolnik then just 31, had completed 46 missions over enemy territory and received the Virtuti Militari, Poland’s highest military decoration. " Then from a site telling the story of the monument dedication: Fitting tribute to WWII Polish airmen By Matt Clark, RAF Linton-on-Ouse AT NOON on September 23rd 1943 the Polish crew of Wellington bomber HZ251 took off from Skipton on Swale in North Yorkshire for a routine training mission. Shortly afterwards their aircraft fell out of the sky; crashing on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal at Bradley, near Skipton. None of the crew survived. On April 22nd relatives of the men gathered at the crash site to unveil a memorial in their honour. They were joined by RAF Officers, cadets and veterans as well as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Spitfire and Hurricane, which flew in tribute overhead. Five of the seven man crew were novices but the pilot, Flight Sergeant Fraciszek Ciaston, had flown seven operational sorties. Navigator Instructor, Flight Lieutenant Jozef Wolnik then just 31, had completed 46 missions over enemy territory and received the Virtuti Militari, Poland’s highest military decoration. For Peter Whitaker of Cross Hillsand Jim Hartley from Bradley, today was the realisation of a long held dream. The two have known of the accident for many years but it wasn’t until a chance conversation in a barber’s shop that the idea of a memorial came to them. Mr Whitaker explained, “The aircraft crashed between the Leeds-Liverpool canal and the main Keighley to Skipton road so we thought a small stone tablet at the site to remember the fallen would be appropriate.” “We published our idea in the local paper and were astounded by the response. Many Prayersbusinesses and individuals offered to the cover the costs involved in placing something permanent. It became clear that the memorial was going to have to be bigger so an approach was made to, and received favourably by, British Waterways asking to have it erected on their towpath. www.raf.mod.uk/raflintononouse/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=22fa6b17-1143-ec82-2e95146c66d6721f
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Post by Nictoshek on Dec 10, 2012 5:30:23 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Dec 10, 2012 10:21:19 GMT -7
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Post by Nictoshek on Dec 10, 2012 12:49:17 GMT -7
Is that YOU ?
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Post by karl on Dec 10, 2012 13:04:56 GMT -7
Is that YOU ? Nein Nein, das liegt mir nicht. {No no, that is not me...} For in the light of reality, I am not as handsome.....Perhaps in the next life, but then, perhaps not.... Thank you for at least attempting Karl { the not handsome}
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Post by pieter on Dec 10, 2012 14:15:27 GMT -7
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