Recent content by Goofy

Hi All, Got a reply from the armyairforces forum, Don Chandler flew with the 17th PRS, even mentioned in their Year Book. ALso got some nice pics of 4 of the F5's of the squadron he flew....great stuff. Will post some more pics of the Log-Book later. Also have a 229 SQD Logbook from Malta...

Apparently there is a book about the 8th Reconnaissance Squadron called the Eight Ballers, which has over 500 photos.....anyone in possession of this book able to see wheter any of the serial numbers in the Log-Book are in this book???

I think you might be right there as they did most work at Mindanao and the log is filled with that....but it should be possible to pinpoin the exact squadron with the serial-numbers in the Log......

Hi All, Hope there are some P-38 Lightning wiz-kids around here who might be able to help me identify a P-38 F5 Lightning squadron. I have the logbook of 1st LT. Donald W. Chandler who flew F5 Lightnings in the Pacific in 1945. He earned the following Medal with Battle Stars: Asia Pacific...

You probably have, but did you try the RafCommands forum???

Beautiful model!!!! :shock:

Hi All, I am currently restoring an old HGU-26/P flight helmet, doing it up with the late 70's early 80's woodland camo tape. Now I remember a book I used to have with a picture of a 512 TFS F-4 pilot in it wearing a woodland taped helmet.....I think it was taken while reuelling....anyone has...

F-4 Phantom.......workhorse of the cold war....can't think of any WW2 fighter or bomber aircraft that made a huge impact.....

Thing is, with three or four flights a day, you often had only an hour inbetween flights. If you were running late, it meant trying to make up time to get the next flight airborne in time. Now I know one shouldn't rush things or shouldn't allow one-self to get rushed to make up time, but you do...

I fly with a Dutch airline, on the A330 now, but used to be on the 737.....and I have to say, I was often quite fatigued. We did 6 day cycles where you would fly an early schedule the first three days, getting up at 03:40 in the morning, doing 2, 3 or 4 flights a day; followed by three days of...

Actually it was 6500 feet of shelving...see this link...it will make you cry...get some hanky's..... Aircrew Logbooks

No...pilots could keep their log-books, the ones you are referring to are the ones that were left after crews were KIA, these logbooks went to the RAF depository and labelled. The family could claim them. Some 20 years ago all the unclaimed ones (must be some 40 to 50.000 were all destroyed.......:(

Very interested in Malta as well, I recently received a log-book of a 229 Squadron pilot, flew in Malta from the end of 42 till the invasion of Sicily in 1943, very interested reading and loads of annotations on engagement where the odds where 1:3, he was quite thrilled by it though. "Spitfires...

Many thanks all, looking forward to participating on this forum, sounds like a very international and knowledgeable bunch here!!!

Hi All, Thought I'd introduce myself as well. I'm Chris (Goofy), 36, originally Dutch, but live in Lincolnshire (Bomber County) England these days, a stone-throw away from the old RAF Waltham airfield. My main interest is WW2 RAF memorabilia that I have been collecting for quite a while. I am...