Recent content by jay hammond

I’ve been searching years to find someone who can tell me what the crater dimensions would be from an RAF 250, 500 and 1,000 bomb if dropped on a railway marshalling yard and surrounding city, i.e., not open country. I’ve looked on the internet, a variety of books and to date nothing. Hopefully...

Hi Erich I wonder if you know of a website that shows the Englandblitz emblem for the different NJG shields? Minutiae I know but I’ve always wondered. Thanks.

Thanks Geoffrey for all your help. The depth of your knowledge is amazing. Cheers, Jay

@Geoffrey Sinclair Hi Geoffrey. One more question then I promise I’ll let sleeping dogs lie. I’m interested in Halifax LW682. I am wondering, since you such a knowledgeable font of information, if you can tell me when EEP started work on LW682 at Preston, when it rolled off the production line...

Thanks Geoffrey, very much appreciated. Jay

Geoffrey, are you out there?

Perfect. Now I know I’m really stretching it here but do the letters and numbers in the following mean anything? No. ACFT/1808, requisition HA1/E11/42

Perfect Geoffrey. Thanks a million. Jay

Geoffrey, do you by chance have a list of the serial batches for the 260 Mk III‘s from LW346 to 724. Minutiae I know but I’m looking to see which batch suffered the most. Thanks. Jay

Does anyone know whether the ailerons on a Halifax Mk III were metal or fabric?

We’re the ailerons on Halifax Mk III bombers really fabric in May 1944?

In other words once the wing is ablaze you’re hooped. And the only thing a pilot can do is try to hold the a/c steady so crew can abandon the plane. Right?

Can you help me understand the aerodynamics involved? Does the burning engine/wing cause drag? How does this actually cause the plane to go into a dive and crash?

Looking for what happens to a Halifax bomber when it’s port outer engine is set on fire and to make matters worse the undercarriage is down. Is it hard to fly, impossible to fly and, if so, why? What aircraft services/functions were powered by the port outer engine? Was it physically demanding...

I am trying to identify an artifact recovered during the excavation of Halifax LW682 in Belgium in 1997. Is there anyone out there who is an expert on Halifaxes who can help me out. Jay Hammond