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Nice shots.
Thanks for the link.

Andy

Thanks for posting. Last time I was there the Sunderland was outside. We took my grandfather to the UK for his 90th birthday. I don't think he had been back since the end of the war (WWI). We walked in and the there was the Gunbus. My father mentioned to a docent my grandfather was a trained gunner observer. They had a historian out there in no time.

The best story was about flying over the Channel. My grandfather had related a story to me, about flying over the English Channel in 1915. I was always amazed by that, so soon after Bleriot. Listening to him tell the story again, I realized my mistake. Yes, he flew over the Channel. He just didn't happen to fly across! They flew out over the water a little bit and then back. I still laugh when I think about that one.

Years later, as a camera collector, I picked up a Thornton Pickard MkIII Hythe camera. It was a training device, designed to look and operate like a Lewis gun. It even incorporated a genuine Lewis magazine for practice. My grandfather went through training right about the time they were using these things. Sadly, I never knew about the camera before Gramps passed away. I'll never know if he could have used one, or even the example I now own.

Yes, lots of good memories, and the first and only Stuka I have seen, in that place.

Great place. The first time I went was in 1975...and the only American ac there was the Sikorsky R-4. They had several excellent dioramas of the aircraft in different theaters.

I was aback about 10 years ago, a nice USAAF-marked B-17 is there...also the Battle of Britain hall is great, home of some one of a kind Luftwaffe stuff.

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A very fine museum with first rate aircraft.BOB hall was the coolest.

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Good to remember that when the RFC moved its minute force to France in 1914, they all flew across: I think all but one made it too!

I went in 2010, outstanding museum IMHO. As JohnB said, amazing collection of Luftwaffe aircraft.

A few more Hendon pics are Found Here at this link if anyone is interested.

Mark

Black 6 looked much better when it was flying, rather than being grounded in Hendon

Fantastic album, as per usual for Mr. Seaman.

The caption for the Halifax photo says that production continued until November of 1946. Is that a typo? If not, why was the line kept open so long after the war's end?

Surely the RAF didn't want/need more Halifaxes so late (?)

140 odd new build A.IX Paratroop transports/glider tugs were build from mid 45 until Nov 46, all by Boulton-Paul as well as some almost 100 new build C.VIII dedicated cargo-lifters by HP themselves for RAF Transport Command.

I see. thanks.

I was thinking that they wouldn't need any more bomber variants.

RAF Hendon is a great museum! Along with its sister museum at Cosford.

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