Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:56 am
Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:11 am
Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:45 pm
rcaf_100 wrote:spartakle wrote:Re: the photo of the Hurricane on its' nose with blacked-over markings and writing that looks like Japanese script and what the story is behind this odd Hurricane...I got to thinking that during WWII there was a movie that I recall seeing and in a scene from the movie a Japanese fighter attacks and it is clearly a Hurricane made to look like (not very convincing) a Japanese fighter...could it have been Captains of the Air? Wonder if this was used in the making of the movie way back then?
Blake
I wonder if you're thinking of the black 'Me-109' Hurricane that attacked the Hudsons in 'Captains of the Clouds'
It looks to me that the 'Japanese script' is actually repairs to rips in the fabric. The location makes sence, since that's where the pilots would be pulling themselves up onto the wing.
Lovin' the pics!
Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:58 pm
spartakle wrote: No caption but I think this is R.H. Dibnah seated in a Hurricane. No date but probably about 1939.
Caption on bottom of photo identifies these pilots (left to right) as Reese Richards, Jim Brady, S/L L.G. Scwab [6 victories flying Gloster Gladiators over Crete], self (R.H. Dibnah), Jeff Hartley, Guy Corbett[believe he scored 5 victories]. Other names hidden by fold in photo. RAF pilot being briefed. Loc/squadron/date unknown...any thoughts?
R.H. Dibnah photo
Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:20 pm
Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:50 pm
seagull61785 wrote:My sincere thanks to Spartakle,
Also to PeterA and many others for your collective sharing of the information in this outstanding thread.
I believe this is why people like myself have joined WIX and why the WIX website exists.
Thanks again,
Barry G
Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:32 am
rcaf_100 wrote:The only North American trainers to have that step and wear an RAF type 'B' roundel were the NA-49/61 Harvard Mk I and the NA-44 'Jeep' or 'Super Harvard'.
Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:47 pm
spartakle wrote:Thanks Jim for the comments. BTW on the top photo of the Spitfire I identified it as a Mk IV, I meant XIV. On the photo of the pilots lined up in front of the Spitfire that you identified as a Mk XII...what tell-tale sign tips it off as a Mk XII? Re: the photo of the Hurricane on its' nose with blacked-over markings and writing that looks like Japanese script and what the story is behind this odd Hurricane...I got to thinking that during WWII there was a movie that I recall seeing and in a scene from the movie a Japanese fighter attacks and it is clearly a Hurricane made to look like (not very convincing) a Japanese fighter...could it have been Captains of the Air? Wonder if this was used in the making of the movie way back then?
Blake
Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:45 am
It was Mustang 1 AG385 of 41 Operational Training Unit and the date was 14 August 1943. According to the Operations Record Book for the OTU, Pilot Officer JN Varley landed heavily, ...Varley had a miraculous escape and only sustained some abrasions. Sadly, I suspect that he did not survive the war as, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, a P/O Norman Varley was killed in France on 13 June 44.