Westland Whirlwind fighter vids

[Admiral Beez]

Some of my favourite vids...

 

[Gnomey]

Good ones!

 

[stona]

The first clip shows both the Indian pilots to serve with 263 squadron, Sgts. Thyagarajan and Ramamurphy. They didn't get along, supposedly due to religious differences, and were posted to A and B flights respectively, to keep them apart! They transferred together to 286 Squadron in May 1943, no idea how they were dealt with there .

In the second clip we see P7048, one of the few Whirlwinds to have a post war career. It was registered as G-AGOI by Westlands and finally scrapped in 1947 or 1951 depending who you believe (my money is on 1951).

Cheers

Steve