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[fubar57]

Terry, I know the photo you're thinking of. This one was taken in New Westminister, B.C., Oct '40.

Geo

 

[GrauGeist]

Quite an interesting shot, all those different aircraft in one spot.

Was this an evaluation airfield?

 

[Milosh]

Quite an interesting shot, all those different aircraft in one spot.

Was this an evaluation airfield?

From Wiki

RNAS Stretton was originally planned as a Royal Air Force night-fighter station to protect Liverpool and Manchester from Luftwaffe air raids during the Second World War. But changes in German tactics meant that the airfield was not required, so it was transferred to the Admiralty on completion; three runways and numerous hangars had been built.

HMS Blackcap was commissioned on 1 June 1942 and forty-one Fleet Air Arm Squadrons were based there for varying periods, some aircraft being flown directly to and from aircraft carriers operating in the Irish Sea and other nearby waters.

Fairey Aviation used two large A1 (aircraft production) hangars on the northeast edge of the airfield for the modification, repair and flight-testing of Barracudas, Fireflies and Fulmars before they were dispatched to their operational squadrons. From 1944 HMS Blackcap was also used as an Aircraft Maintenance Yard, a large hangar complex being constructed to the northwest of the airfield for this activity.

RNAS Stretton today (couldn't find a WW2 photo)

 

[Airframes]

Terry, I know the photo you're thinking of. This one was taken in New Westminister, B.C., Oct '40.

Geo

Is it?
Ah, well.It looks very like Stretton though !

 

[fubar57]

Major apologies Terry. As your comment was posted under mine, I thought you were commenting on it and not Jan's post. Head has been banged on the nearest wall several times.

Geo

 

[Airframes]

Ah, so I'm not going doolally then!

 

[Flightpath]

This would be me or maybe one of you guys if we were WW2 GIs

Although I'd really be in a hangar somewhere picking up Revi gunsights and control stick tops!

 

[Glider]

He got a hell of a bargain when he trading in the Luger, but how to carry it all!!

 

[Lucky13]

Not me.....he's missing the .50!

 

[Flightpath]

Not me.....he's missing the .50!

That's on his private scout car in the background......... this photo reminds me of Kelly's Heros for some reason!

 

[syscom3]

Dead US airmen from the USS Bunker Hill. They were overcome by flames and smoke outside their ready room. This could have been anyone from any of the navies in that war. There's price to be paid when ships catch fire.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Njaco]

The Prime Minister Winston Churchill looks out from the deck of HMS PRINCE OF WALES as USS AUGUSTA sails away following the Atlantic Conference onboard the vessel with US President Franklin D Roosevelt in August 1941.

.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That really is a powerful shot, just like the one of the USS Franklin

 

[michaelmaltby]

Yes it is, Viking, and the "P of W" would be on the bottom of the Indian Ocean in 4 months time. Winston must have really felt that loss.

MM

 

[Milosh]

Yes it is, Viking, and the "P of W" would be on the bottom of the Indian Ocean in 4 months time. Winston must have really felt that loss.

MM

South China Sea that would be.

 

[fubar57]

Caption says "Flying Cromwell Tank"

Geo

 

[T Bolt]

I bet those guys inside were knocked about a bit when that thing landed.

 

[Glider]

A much slower but similar demonstration was done with a Mk 1 tank in WW1 in front of the King. The tank went up a mighty slope and basically crashed down the other side. There is a photo of the King talking to the ( I think) four crew after the demonstration. He wasn't told that the rest of the crew were unconscious inside the tank.

 

[michaelmaltby]

I stand corrected ...