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  • In Casualty Compendium the 4.3.59 entry referred to two VEB 152 fuselages being found at Rothenburg. We now know that after production was abandoned two incomplete fuselages were taken from the line to the LSK base Rothenburg to be broken up as concrete reinforcement for a new ramp area. Only one suffered this fate, the other being used as a shelter and catering facility. Werk-nummer 011 is seen here in 2.91 but has since been taken back to Flugzeugwerke Dresden for renovation.
    4.3.59 The VEB 152 first prototype DM-ZYA c/n V-01 crashed 5.7 km from Dresden airfield on its second flight while attempting a slow approach. It had previously been found to be nose-heavy but some reports blame a fuel system fault. VEB chief pilot Willi Lehmann, co-pilot Kurt Bemme and engineers Heeding and Eisman were killed. A report in Air Enthusiast 51 implied that the fuselage and one other still existed near Rothenburg until at least 1988 although they may have been uncompleted or static test airframes.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Baade/Bonin BB-152 - Германия - 1959

  • Регистрационный номер: A-8877, CF-PEI, DR630, G-AHLO, HM534

    With US Navy markings but not showing its serial no. A8877, this Puss Moth is the real c/n 2187 seen after 3.37, (at Hendon?) which later became G-AHLO.
    Puss Moth c/n 2187 was US Navy serial A8877 with the US Naval Attache in London in 1931, seen here with the original Gipsy III engine and tailskid. The serial does not appear to have been carried externally. In 1942 it became HM534 and not until 1946 did it become a civil aircraft as G-AHLO.

    Самолёты на фотографии: De Havilland Puss Moth / D.H.80 - Великобритания - 1929

  • No, not one of those "B-17 on the Moon" stories, but a genuine Comper Swift in pre-war China, albeit inverted! Lennart Andersson recently wrote to ask for help in identifying two references - one was a photo of a Swift wearing military stars and the Chinese characters "Liao He" which 'belonged' to General Yung, seen after an accident at Nan Hu. The second was a reference in an American intelligence document of a Swift used by Yu-Chuan Wu at Peking in 2.35 and which was said to have a 70 hp Pobjoy.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Comper Swift / CLA.7 - Великобритания - 1930

  • Регистрационный номер: TC-KAI

    Mike Hooks photographed the Ugur conversion TC-KAI on a leaflet-dropping mission over Istanbul on 6.10.70. It wore a light blue colour scheme with Hurkanatlar titles and badge in dark blue and the registration under the wings. The date of the slide is of interest, since we have TC-KAI as cancelled on 2.10.69 as wfu!

    Самолёты на фотографии: MKEK MKEK-4 Ugur / THK-15 - Турция - 1955

  • Регистрационный номер: F-AJFZ

    The Albert A-61 two-seat open cockpit low-wing monoplane F-AJFZ in early 1931. Wing span was 11.5 m (37 ft 8fi in) and loaded weight 750 kg (1,653 lb).

    Самолёты на фотографии: Albert A-60 - Франция - 1930