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Old aeroplane photo's.

G G Jean

G G Jean

Brummy Wench.
My next door but two neighbour would like to share some of his photo's with the forum. He is an avid plane spotter and travels all over the place with his brother. Would like your comments you fellow plane spotters please. Jean.
 
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Thanks for that Alf only I have no idea as Ray hasn't put any details on the back of the photo's. He is also a Radio Ham and it's quite interesting to listen in when he's got it on. Here is another photo. Jean.
 
Not really the Dakota because I know it from War films and the Thunderbolt because we had them at Ipswich Airport owned by Americans at the local bases. The Stork because it looks like a Auster spotter plane from WWII.:)

Anymore and I'm stuck

Darby I just put Stork for Jean thanks for the correction on the Thunderbolt and that's my lot
 
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Remember this kerosene guzzler at Farnborough and this beer guzzler in his younger days (me)?:D
 
Graham I once had a walk through one of those at Greenham Common Air Show, which one is you:)
 
The second photo is a Grumman TBY Avenger torpedo bomber, not a Thunderbolt.

It is indeed a Fieseler Storch, which could take off from a football pitch.

The twin engine plane is a Grumman Tiger.

The small German plane is I think a Messerschmidt Taifun trainer.

Big Gee
 
Big Gee said:
The second photo is a Grumman TBY Avenger torpedo bomber, not a Thunderbolt.

It is indeed a Fieseler Storch, which could take off from a football pitch.

The twin engine plane is a Grumman Tiger.

The small German plane is I think a Messerschmidt Taifun trainer.

Big Gee
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Not Bad

What's this?

ladywood
 
ladywood said:
Not Bad

What's this?

ladywood
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That I think is a Messerschmidt experimental single-seat fighter, not sure of the designation but something like 409.

Am I warm?

Big Gee

I've just has another closer look and I think now it might be a Focke-Wulf Ta 152 - it's obviously a hand-drawn sketch rather than a photo, which makes it more difficult to identify.

Am I warmer?
 
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Hi Big Gee; The Twin engine aircraft is a Grumman F7F Tigercat and the plane
behind the TBM Avenger is a F8F Bearcat no idea on the german drawing.
The Dakota is in D-DAY markings big letters & stripes on the wings/fuselage.
 
G G Jean said:
Sorry GRAHAM missed your post and it does not look like a beer guzzlers tum to me. Jean.
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Thanks Jean, that's because I rarely touch the stuff!:)

Photo N° 8 is a Consolidated PBY Catalina, one of my favourites.

Graham.
 
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Hi Big Gee; The Twin engine aircraft is a Grumman F7F Tigercat and the plane
behind the TBM Avenger is a F8F Bearcat no idea on the german drawing.
The Dakota is in D-DAY markings big letters & stripes on the wings/fuselage.
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You're right - Tigercat it is. I got it half right!

Big Gee
 
The yellow biplane is a Stearman Kaydet Trainer, US Air Force.

The PBY Catalina is also one of my all-time favourite aircraft. There's one in the Cosford Museum and it always comes as a surprise to me just how big it is.

Also in the movie 'South Pacific' there was a real genuine PBY used as a backdrop - I'd like to see my amateur operatic society equal that....

Big Gee
 
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When I lived in the USA I had a flight in a Douglas DC3 and an argument with the co-pilot afterwards. I referred to it as a 'Dakota' and he corrected me and told me that 'Dakota' was the British name for the Douglas C47 aircraft, which was a military version of the DC3 passenger and cargo aircraft...if you follow me. Whatever its correct name is, it vibrated so much that it loosened the screws in my specs.

Big Gee
 
Two more great photo's Darby. We were at the caravan about four years ago and there was a helicopter fly over and guess what Pete had my camera in his car. Here are two more photo's. Jean.
 
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