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mikewint
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Beat me too it: Taylorcraft Auster sometime between 1939 and 1945
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buffnut453
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Any ideas on location where the pic was taken? There's an Auster AOP.3 serial NJ992 of 656 Sqn AAC/Malaya Comms Sqn that crashed on 2 Sep 46 near Seramban, Malaya. The silver dope finish and Type D roundels were certainly postwar vintage but I don't know if they would be present as early as September 1946.
Dunno if this helps at all...
Dunno if this helps at all...
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Aww... sweet! Thanks y'all! It all helps! It's very interesting! Mid - late '40's means it was probably Dad. He passed when I was 18 so I know very little about his early years. I know he joined the British Army when he was about 15 (lied about his age) and he served on the Suez. I think he was born in the early 30's + 15 years... would put it around the mid 40's.
Maybe I can find another WWII forum that knows about uniforms and they could... based on what he's wearing... where this photo was taken.
Maybe I can find another WWII forum that knows about uniforms and they could... based on what he's wearing... where this photo was taken.
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If it is an Auster, and I'm not saying it's not, then why is that honking big flap not present in the second photo? Did it retract that far into, under, the wing to be not visible? Perhaps modified Auster?
...also the glazing is more extensive on the original photo, perhaps an ambulance craft? But what about the markings?
...forget it. Answered my own questions. Nothing to see here, move along....move along
Maybe I can find another WWII forum that knows about uniforms
Nooooooooo......don't give up on us!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Judging by the colour scheme and markings, it's around 1946.
Hi Graeme.
I think you're wrong mate. More likely an AOP Mk 6.
Squadrons that received these included...
651 (Egypt)
652
656 (Malaya)
657
661
662
663
664
666
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Benevolens Magister
It is a AOP 6.
Looking at the terrain, and the uniform, it could be from 657 Sqn, who had the AOP 6 when at Kuala Lumpur, 1950 to 1956, or from 659 Sqn, at Peshawar and then Lahore, from 1946 to disbandment in August 1947.
For the benefit of Lyte, these were Army Co-Operation Squadrons (which eventually came under Army control, as part of the Army Air Corps), with 'AOP' meaning Air Observation Post, and the '6' being Mk.6.
Looking at the terrain, and the uniform, it could be from 657 Sqn, who had the AOP 6 when at Kuala Lumpur, 1950 to 1956, or from 659 Sqn, at Peshawar and then Lahore, from 1946 to disbandment in August 1947.
For the benefit of Lyte, these were Army Co-Operation Squadrons (which eventually came under Army control, as part of the Army Air Corps), with 'AOP' meaning Air Observation Post, and the '6' being Mk.6.
My guess is VW992, assuming it is a Mk 6 then this is the only possible aircraft with a serial ending 992.
ASN Aircraft accident 27-JAN-1955 Taylorcraft Auster AOP 6 VW992
Auster Heritage Group
The picture is definitely taken post war, and obviously before 27th January 1955 when the aircraft was scrapped following an accident.
Given 651 Squadron's history I would guess the picture was taken somewhere in the Middle east or Horn of Africa.
Cheers
Steve
ASN Aircraft accident 27-JAN-1955 Taylorcraft Auster AOP 6 VW992
Auster Heritage Group
The picture is definitely taken post war, and obviously before 27th January 1955 when the aircraft was scrapped following an accident.
Given 651 Squadron's history I would guess the picture was taken somewhere in the Middle east or Horn of Africa.
Cheers
Steve
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Benevolens Magister
I think you've nailed it Steve.
I thought at first that the location looked like Egypt or somewhere in that region, but I somehow missed 651 Sqn, as I misread the dates when they were at Middle Wallop, and the Middle East.(Ref: Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918-1988, James J Halley, Air Britain)
The Squadron was at Ismailia from November 1951 to 1st November 1955, when it disbanded.
It reformed at Middle Wallop on the same day, when 657 Sqn were renumbered 651 Sqn, and was absorbed into the Army Air Corps on 1st September, 1957.
I thought at first that the location looked like Egypt or somewhere in that region, but I somehow missed 651 Sqn, as I misread the dates when they were at Middle Wallop, and the Middle East.(Ref: Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918-1988, James J Halley, Air Britain)
The Squadron was at Ismailia from November 1951 to 1st November 1955, when it disbanded.
It reformed at Middle Wallop on the same day, when 657 Sqn were renumbered 651 Sqn, and was absorbed into the Army Air Corps on 1st September, 1957.
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Never!
So much GREAT information! Thanks y'all so much!
I was speaking with my bro who reminded me that our Dad served in Egypt (Suez) with the R.E.M.E (Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers) and believes he was back in London by about 1955.
So much GREAT information! Thanks y'all so much!
I was speaking with my bro who reminded me that our Dad served in Egypt (Suez) with the R.E.M.E (Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers) and believes he was back in London by about 1955.
