Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum

Thank you John. It is not unknown for us to get snow in May. Presently the weather is very good - about 20°so quite hot!! However it would be no surprise if in the next day or so it rains and we are back to the low single figures!! It is also a Bank Holiday and for the weather to be so clement is qu...

I sometimes think that this stance by he Health and Insanity brigade is to gain recognition for themselves, rather like I recall many years ago a local Councillor in London who campaigned for for a mini roundabout in a street where it was inappropriate according to most experts. He eventually succee...

Here is a great COLOUR imageS ................ with source details and link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787@N07/ John Quote - Taken at Mildenhall, Suffolk in June 1942, this image appeared on the cover of an American magazine ''Air Trails" of Aug. 1942. http://i1115.photobucket.com/album...

I'm pretty sure the person who painted this was a mid-upper gunner - look at the size of the turret! Good to see they've included fighter flares in the mix. Possibly - and in Halifaxes for quite a spell too. Being a bit picky - the oddest thing about this painting is that the artist has drawn or pai...

That is really nice - dare I say one or two notches above your Stirling. Simply because you have caught an "atmosphere" so to speak - it looks just a little weary - has that typical "Wimpey" look - a hardworking aircraft - which they acquired more quickly than other machines beca...

I wonder if it was a "mid air collision"? It could have struck another aircraft a glancing blow - say from behind and this might explain the broken glazing? I feel that a nose over would have caused more damage and may well not have broken any windows? Must confess the two chaps up the end...

I would have thought of considerable interest Helen.

You might also like at look at this site as you can put details of the crew and incident on there.

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/

David.

Huh... just a kid!! How about a picture dear boy to remind me what a sixty five year old looks like? Have you got your bus pass - I think they are great value - but do you know I got challenged the other week - they thought I had stolen it off a pensioner!! The sauce!

Well..... I'll go to the foot of our stairs .............. and you can go to the top of the class! Now, can you entertain us with something else please? We will happily give you a day or two to think about it - basically anything between 1930 and 1946, British or American and four engines or more. P...

Undoubtedly this model is going to look very nice indeed - presently the "clutter" around it rather distracts the eye so when displayed as "finished" I really do think you will have something of which you can be very proud. You seem to have got the finish on the surfaces just rig...