Фотографии
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Регистрационный номер: FX393, KF625, RE323 Harvards of 1340 Flight at Eastleigh in early 1955. Note the wing racks for carrying American 19lb barometrically-fuzed fragmentation bombs.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - Великобритания - 1944North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - США - 1935
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Регистрационный номер: RF444, SX975 A general view of Eastleigh aerodrome, Nairobi, showing Lincolns of 49 Sqn plus 1340 Flight’s Harvards and a Valetta.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - Великобритания - 1944North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - США - 1935Vickers Viking / Valetta - Великобритания - 1945
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Регистрационный номер: XE309 Bristol Sycamore XE309 was used for casualty evacuation.
Самолёты на фотографии: Bristol Sycamore / Type 171 - Великобритания - 1947
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Регистрационный номер: VP-KPF Piper Tri-Pacer VP-KPF of the Kenya Police Air Wing flying low over typical forest concealing Mau Mau.
Самолёты на фотографии: Piper Tri-Pacer PA-22 / Colt - США - 1951
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Регистрационный номер: RF349, SX979 Avro Lincoln IIs of 49 Sqn at Eastleigh. RF349, nearest the camera, swung on take-off from Eastleigh on December 17, 1953, and suffered an undercarriage collapse.
Самолёты на фотографии: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - Великобритания - 1944
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Регистрационный номер: VW814 Vickers Valetta C.I VW814 of the East African Communications Flight performs the highest supply drop ever on to a DZ 13,000ft above sea level near the summit of Mount Kenya.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Viking / Valetta - Великобритания - 1945
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A Valetta equipped with four loudspeakers for “skyshouting” - broadcasting tape-recorded propaganda messages in the Kikuyu language inviting the Mau Mau to surrender. Note the crude sheet-metal deflector hastily fitted to prevent the speakers from being whipped off the aircraft by the slipstream.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Viking / Valetta - Великобритания - 1945
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Load ready. Another consignment of supplies about to be released from a Valetta over the Mau Mau-infested forest.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Viking / Valetta - Великобритания - 1945
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The load is on its way down.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Viking / Valetta - Великобритания - 1945
Статьи
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- Flying gallery
- Personal album. Military
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX MJ730/G-HFIX /Preservation Profile/
- B.Jones - Trials and Testbed Meteors (6)
- D.Mackay - Handling the "Brooklands" Hurricane
- D.Peters - Mau Mau (1)
- D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/
- J.Evans - The dragon slayers (2)
- J.Stroud - Hanno
- M.Oakey - Vintage news
- M.Roffe, D.Baker - Great moments in aviation (18)
- M.Vines - Farnborough highlights
- P.Jarrett - Limited editions (3)
- P.Shaw - Old dog, new tricks (2)
- R.Davies - Blacks, blips and lineshoots (2)