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by jamesinnewcastle
Wed May 05, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: RAF Woburn Park
Replies: 6
Views: 17031

Re: RAF Woburn Park

Hi Have a look at a Google Map view of Woburn. You'll spot the runway soon enough. Interestingly there are huge trees along each side of it and it crosses a public road. I understand the road had to be closed when the Stirlings arrived. The trees are not that far apart and it must have been quite tr...
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:33 pm
Forum: Modelling Section
Topic: Airfix Stirling Inspirational Build
Replies: 16
Views: 32287

Re: Airfix Stirling Inspirational Build

Ah, a MKI, did he include the second largest glazed panel on the Stirling? The one in the belly trap door at the back next to the Elsan?

Probably not - it always gets overlooked!

Cheers
James
by jamesinnewcastle
Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:45 am
Forum: Other countries or multiple nationalities' Crews
Topic: WW2 Stirling
Replies: 5
Views: 25511

Re: WW2 Stirling

Hi

You might get better results by looking at texts relating to the development of radar during the period. The loss of a scientist being more unusual than the loss of an aircraft at that time.

Cheers
James
by jamesinnewcastle
Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:36 pm
Forum: Headquarters
Topic: PMs won't send
Replies: 5
Views: 23201

Re: PMs won't send

Hi Bruno

There is a PM to admin stuck in my 'outbox' since Sept 22. If your theory is correct when you read it, it will disappear from my inbox. Let me know when you read it.

Cheers
James
by jamesinnewcastle
Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:59 pm
Forum: Headquarters
Topic: PMs won't send
Replies: 5
Views: 23201

Re: PMs won't send

HI Bruno

I replied to your PM which I received OK.

I get PMs but randomly they don't send. I received one recently and replied to it OK and recived a response, but my last reply is stuck!

(Incidentally another of my replies has been stuck for about a year now!)

Cheers
James
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:39 pm
Forum: Headquarters
Topic: PMs won't send
Replies: 5
Views: 23201

PMs won't send

Hi

I can't send PM's - can you fix please?

Cheers
James
by jamesinnewcastle
Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:47 pm
Forum: The Stirling Aircraft Project
Topic: technical data
Replies: 4
Views: 22762

Re: technical data

Hi

The official documentation states 1,322 sq ft for both the MkI and the MKIII main planes, it would have been a massive undertaking to have changed it given the war footing. You must choose who is likely to be correct.

James
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:14 pm
Forum: The Stirling Aircraft Project
Topic: technical data
Replies: 4
Views: 22762

Re: technical data

Hi

Here is some data -what do you want exactly?

James
by jamesinnewcastle
Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:21 pm
Forum: British Crews
Topic: Sgt. Sydney Thomas Woodbridge 83 Sqd. KIA 29 March 1942
Replies: 10
Views: 58416

Re: Sgt. Sydney Thomas Woodbridge 83 Sqd. KIA 29 March 1942

Hi Steve 'Gardening' was the code given to the task of mining enemy waters (at night). To garden you 'planted' (dropped) mines which were the 'veg(tables)'. I vaugely remember that different mines had different vegtable names (I could be wrong there!). This sounds easy but the crews had to fly very ...
by jamesinnewcastle
Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:50 pm
Forum: British Crews
Topic: Sgt. Sydney Thomas Woodbridge 83 Sqd. KIA 29 March 1942
Replies: 10
Views: 58416

Re: Sgt. Sydney Thomas Woodbridge 83 Sqd. KIA 29 March 1942

Hi You could download the Operational Record Books for his missions. Go to the national archives web site and search for ORB and the squadrons of interest. I believe that they have digitised most of them. Cost a few pounds for each download. You still see his name on the records. If you are lucky he...