Recent content by brewerjerry

but they were not based there and most likely didn't fly from bolt head cheers jerry

hi bolt head was a small airfield, mainly single engined a/c in 1942 it was spitfires & typhoons these were mainly escort missions and defence against the ' tip and run' raids by the luftwaffe only twin i know of that operated from there was the whirlwind but that was in 1943...

Hi Westlands had a paper project to use a radial in the nose of a whirlwind, i think that was a hercules cheers jerry

Hi scroll down the photos in the link below this may show the access thro the beaufort better than the icm instructions https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-3-bristol-beaufort cheers J

it would be difficult to operate as i understand it the hangars and lifts were sized for russian built aircraft and all machinery was set up for russian use cheers jerry

Hi have you found this site, it maybe of interest with 404 Sqn at davidstowe moor cheers J " On 28 June, the squadron suffered a tragic loss with the death of F/O EJ Keefe, DFC and P/O BIG Steed. "Had another terrible happening this morning as Keefe and Steel (sic: Steed) were coming...

Hi yep try the NA at kew, to help your search they are referred to as station record books ( srb ) not orb but if the station was small there will be no record book cheers J

Hi pilots notes I posted elsewhere here but maybe of interest cheers J

hi It might be worth researching the local county police war diaries, usually held in the county record office or the civil defence war diaries, ( used to be in the taunton record office ) Or 67MU records at the NA kew, ( they were the south west recovery unit )...

Hi Pm me your e mail i have a copy of the G I can try to send it in a few days cheers Jb

Hi of interest in the link to the other page the first photo shows the personnel with a GP 500lb bomb i think the usual whirlwind bomb load was 2 x 250lb bombs so maybe the starkey load was 2 x 500lb bombs cheers jerry

Hi Found a different version on my hard drive cheers jerry

Hi All the pages can be viewed here :- T.O. 01-150JA-2 Erection and maintenance instructions for Army model F-8 Mosquito Airplane cheers Jerry

Hi Maybe give it drop tanks and use it as a night time fighter escort with the night bombers ? Cheers Jerry

Hi Look forward to seeing this one, hopefully an early version cheers jerry