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Jeff Hunt
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Cheers,
Jeff
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Cheers,
Jeff
good stuff Jeff!
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Jeff Hunt
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Thanks Wayne. Just a bit of info, the P-51s in picture #2 and #5 from today's post were both lost in fatal accidents. I believe both have been resurrected however using the data plates.
Jeff
Jeff
Lovely shots Jeff!
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Nice selection Jeff.
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Jeff Hunt
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Sorry I am late with this. Busy Thursday morning as my granddaughter sleeps over on Wednesday nights and then it is off to school. I also coach a girls football(soccer) team at the high school I work at and we had a practice(training) session today preparing for a tournament next week.
Anyhow, here are the throwbacks for the week.
Jeff
Anyhow, here are the throwbacks for the week.
Jeff
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The blue on E2-S looked so right back then. Now - not so much.
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More nice shots there Jeff.
The first Mustang is in the colours of the Group based at Fowlmere, and the airfield, or part of it, is still in use, and only 200 yards from where you were sitting with us at the campsite last Septmember. Also, it's likely that the campsite was once part of the airfield's dispersed sites - I must check that with Tony, when I go there next week,
The first Mustang is in the colours of the Group based at Fowlmere, and the airfield, or part of it, is still in use, and only 200 yards from where you were sitting with us at the campsite last Septmember. Also, it's likely that the campsite was once part of the airfield's dispersed sites - I must check that with Tony, when I go there next week,
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Jeff Hunt
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A walking/sitting encyclopaedia you are. Thanks for the tasty morsel and it is kind of cool to know I "was there" ever so briefly. It would kind of cool to go over that campground with a metal detector to have a wee snoop.
Some local brewery in that area should brew a beer called Red and White Ale and use the checkerboard as part of the label.
Cheers,
Jeff
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There's a chap involved with the airfield who is looking to start a museum on site, dedicated to RAF 19 Sqn (who operated from there, as a satellite of Duxford, during the BoB) , and the 339th FG who flew their Mustangs from Fowlmere. I'm hoping to meet-up with him during my next visit to Bottisham's embryonic museum, and have a chat, see if I can help in some small way, as with Bottisham.
The two Nissen huts and the cow / pig shed, often mentioned in accounts of the airfiels, and seen in numerous photos, mainly from the BoB period, are still there, and there's a small memorial stone too.
The main (grass and PSP) runway threshold was in the field immediatley behind the tree line where we were sitting, probably less than 100 yards away.
The other pub in Fowlmere village (The Chequers) have their pub sign with the blue and white checks of 19 Sqn on one side, and the red and white checks of the 339th on the other side, in memory of thr two units. It's the pub I was going to take you all to, after we'd had dinner at The Coach House, but time and fatigue caught up with us all.
The two Nissen huts and the cow / pig shed, often mentioned in accounts of the airfiels, and seen in numerous photos, mainly from the BoB period, are still there, and there's a small memorial stone too.
The main (grass and PSP) runway threshold was in the field immediatley behind the tree line where we were sitting, probably less than 100 yards away.
The other pub in Fowlmere village (The Chequers) have their pub sign with the blue and white checks of 19 Sqn on one side, and the red and white checks of the 339th on the other side, in memory of thr two units. It's the pub I was going to take you all to, after we'd had dinner at The Coach House, but time and fatigue caught up with us all.
Good shots Jeff!
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Jeff Hunt
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Cheers,
Jeff
Awesome..!
Nice shots Jeff!
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More good ones there Jeff.
Great stuff Jeff.
A little reminder of your visit to Fowlmere !
A little reminder of your visit to Fowlmere !
