Wildcat V JV330 used on container-dropping trials by AFEE

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F4F Wildcat - СШАUSA - 1937

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F4F Wildcat - СШАUSA - 1937

JV330 on the ground at Beaulieu with Mk.III containers

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F4F Wildcat - СШАUSA - 1937

The Mk.III container showing the static line attachments

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F4F Wildcat - СШАUSA - 1937

Hellcats of No.1840 Squadron ranged on deck in the Far East

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F6F Hellcat - СШАUSA - 1942

A Hellcat comes in to land during replenishment operations in the Pacific

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F6F Hellcat - СШАUSA - 1942

Hellcat JX750 of No.1840 Squadron overturns on landing aboard 'Speaker' on 14 February 1945 on passage from Colombo to Sydney, approximately 15 degrees south, 100 degrees east.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F6F Hellcat - СШАUSA - 1942

Hellcat JX750, stripped of alt useful items, is jettisoned in the Indian Ocean on 15 February 1945

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman F6F Hellcat - СШАUSA - 1942

Heir to much of the intensive testing carried out by the Dunlop Test Flight was the Canberra. VX165, the prototype B.23 was the first.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: English Electric / BAE Canberra - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949

The men who flew and serviced Dunlop's test flight pose in front of the fleet at Elmdon in 1946.
The Dunlop Test Flight in 1946 with test pilot and engineers posing beside Proctor G-AHBA.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941Percival Proctor / P.28 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Line-up at Elmdon consists of a Lancaster I, Bristol Buckingham, Albemarle IV, Wellington III, the company's own Proctor V executive transport and, at the end of the line, a Lincoln I

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle / A.W.41 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944Bristol Buckingham / Type 163 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943Percival Proctor / P.28 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Wellington Mk III BK563 and Lancaster MK I PB752 fitted with experimental Dunlop 'Compacta' tyres at Elmdon in 1946. Both aircraft retain their defensive armament. BK563 replaced Wellington BK187, which was damaged while taxying over boggy ground.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

The experimental 'Compacta' aero tyre fitted to a Lancaster I, PB752, at Elmdon in 1946.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Henley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Henley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Henley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Another view of L3243, showing the target-towing gear.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Henley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

The difference between a normal aero tyre and the new 'Compacta' tyre, both made by Dunlop, is clearly shown when the latter is fitted to the undercarriage of the Wellington

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Venturas of No. 25 Squadron, South African Air Force returning from a raid on railway marshalling yards in Yugoslavia 'C-Charlie' belongs to the leading vic but has dropped back through loss of power. 'A-Able' has put its wheels down to avoid overrunning. Note the US star markings on 'W' showing through the paint on the top wing. Under the Geneva Convention, the crew could have been shot for flying an aircraft claiming to be of two different nationalities. Doubtless, nobody was ever convicted under this particular chapter.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed B-34 Lexington / PV Ventura / PV-2 Harpoon - СШАUSA - 1941

Still on Venturas, Mr. J.H.Simmonds has sent in the photograph of JS980 after a crashlanding at Ramat David on 30 April 1944. However, since No.75 OTU reported that this aircraft had been crashed on 25 August 1944 by them. A possible answer is that the photo is not of JS980 'R' as the Operations Record Book of No.459 Squadron shows JT980 as 'U'. So the wreckage, which looks very like a write-off may have been another serial but there does not seem to be an accident record which ties up with the 30th April date. A tyre burst on landing and an attempt to go round again was cancelled by a barrel just off the runway which smashed the port wing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed B-34 Lexington / PV Ventura / PV-2 Harpoon - СШАUSA - 1941

SAAF 6008 'J' of No. 25 Squadron SAAF was hit by flak over Yugoslavia, hit another's slipstream on landing and was wrecked on landing, Termoli, 8 November 1944

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed B-34 Lexington / PV Ventura / PV-2 Harpoon - СШАUSA - 1941

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin B-26 Marauder / Type 179 - СШАUSA - 1940

Comparative walkaround views show the differences between the Marauder I and the Marauder III. The prominent air intakes on the Pratt & Whitney R-2800-43 are absent from the R-2800-8 of the Mk.I. The shorter span of the Mk.I can also be discerned on FK111. HD402 has its fixed forward-firing guns installed and the twin tail guns have a new mounting.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin B-26 Marauder / Type 179 - СШАUSA - 1940

Comparative walkaround views show the differences between the Marauder I and the Marauder III. The prominent air intakes on the Pratt & Whitney R-2800-43 are absent from the R-2800-8 of the Mk.I. The shorter span of the Mk.I can also be discerned on FK111. HD402 has its fixed forward-firing guns installed and the twin tail guns have a new mounting.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin B-26 Marauder / Type 179 - СШАUSA - 1940

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin B-26 Marauder / Type 179 - СШАUSA - 1940

Westland Wapiti IIAs of 55 Sqn

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Wapiti - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927

Wapiti of 55 Sqn

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Wapiti - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927

Wapitis of 55 Sqn

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Wapiti - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927

Wapitis of 55 Sqn

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Wapiti - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927

Saro Lerwick L7250 runs up on the slipway at Calshot shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. Visible is the well-glazed cockpit which gave the pilots a good view of the whirring propellers in a position to neatly decapitate them if a blade came loose, a not-unknown event in any aircraft of the time. The portly hull had aerodynamic (and hydrodynamic) problems and the purposeful appearance of the Lerwick gave little hint of its rapid demise.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Saunders-Roe Lerwick / S.36 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938

A Swordfish is catapulted off during DLT

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Swordfish - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Barracuda E4W from No. 769 Squadron at East Haven goes overside on landing, probably on 31 October 1944. The crew was picked up safely.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

A Fulmar during deck-landing practice aboard Speaker

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Fulmar / P.4/34 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Albemarle IV at Honiley in 1945 running-up. The turret and guns are still fitted in the dorsal position

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle / A.W.41 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

David Vincent has provided the above photograph showing the 'nose art' on Stirling LJ995. It originates from Frank Priest, a former RAAF navigator and a member of No.295 Squadron (second from the right in the picture). It is NOT Santa Claus with a top hat but an old aborigine with a top hat! Most of the crew were Australians which accounts for the Australian theme. He is sitting on a rock (not a sleigh!) with a bottle in one hand and cooking a lizard on a stick over an open fire with the other. The mission symbols comprise a Horsa silhouette for a glider towed to Arnhem on 17 December 1944 and winged daggers for SAS operations while large white daggers appear to denote SOE operations and small daggers other tasks.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Stirling IV/V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Buckingham I KV479 photographed at Elmdon in 1946

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Buckingham / Type 163 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Dunlop test engineers fitting test equipment to Buckingham KV479 at Elmdon, 1946

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Buckingham / Type 163 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Fairey IIIF - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926