D-Day Commerative air show, Duxford, May 2014

[rochie]

more Spitfires and Ferocious Frankie

 

[fubar57]

Beautiful. I wasn't aware there was a Hawk still around, let alone airworthy.

Geo

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff Red Two. I like the 'dog fight' shots - tak-a-tak-a-tak-a !!!
More of 'Sally B' on approach and landing, the French Hawk, RAF Hercules lowish pass, and the resident Hurricane.
The Hawk put on a very spirited display, looking fast and manouverable throughout, belying it's 'chunky' appearance.
More soon.

 

[Wurger]

Great pictures Terry.

 

[A4K]

Lovely shots Terry and Karl! Thanks again for posting!

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots guys!

 

[Wayne Little]

great shots Terry and Karl, keep 'em coming...

 

[Airframes]

Thanks chaps. Here's a selection of shots the 'Buchons', which 'attacked' a poor, lone Hurricane, which in turn seemed to have no problem out-turning the 'nasty Huns'!
The '109's' were then set-upon by a gaggle of Spits, which Karl captured nicely, before b*gg*ring off and sneaking in to land.
I should have some shots of the 'dogfight', albeit rather wide angle, to capture the scenes, so the subjects will be a tad on the small side. I'll post some more when I find them, along with the Spitfires doing their 'thing'.
EDIT: I've just noticed that the quality of this batch has degraded considerably when posted on the forum, compared to the original edited shots.

 

[rochie]

nice Dogsbody, despite your camera focus problems you seem to have got plenty of decent shots

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent shots Terry!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks again chaps.
Here's a selection of the Spitfire displays and the 'dogfight', in no particular order.
Two of the Spits shown, MH434 ZD-B, and Caroline Grace's OU-V (converted to two seat by her late husband) actually took part in D-Day, scoring a 'kill', with OU-V being flown by New Zealander Johhny Houlton. Caroline has had the AEAF stripes and temporary individual code letter applied as they actually were, 70 years ago.
More soon.

 

[buffnut453]

Great pics folks. I may have missed it in the thread but was Union Jack Dak one of the Dakotas present for the show?

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

nice stuff Terry, some of those look like you and i pressed the buttons on our cameras at exactly the same time !

 

[Airframes]

Great pics folks. I may have missed it in the thread but was Union Jack Dak one of the Dakotas present for the show?

Not quite sure Buff. One was from Geneseo, and the other US aircraft from Connecticut. The UK examples were from North Weald and the BBMF. The second US Dak might have been the Union Jack Dak, re-painted, as it is due here for the mass formation from Lee-on-Solent to Normandy on 6th June, as far as I know.

 

[Airframes]

My final lot of Spitfire shots, with some landing sequences, including the resident Canadian-built Hurricane, and then moving on to P-51D 'Ferocious Frankie' taking off for it's duo display with the Spit IX, and the first low pass.
More of this display sequence tomorrow.

 

[imalko]

Cool stuff. Keep it coming.

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots Terry!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I agree!