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* recent pilots updated

F/L Nigel Lewis Somerset-Leeke

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-20

F/L Parke Farr Smith

from: USA ... details
update: 2025-02-20

F/O Stanley Neville Hancock

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

F/L William Lionel Ravenhill

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

F/Sgt James Reginald English

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

Sgt Francis William Morris

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

P/O Peter Francis Noble

from: Canada ... details
update: 2025-02-18

W/O Kenneth Russum

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

Lt S R Pittard

from: South Africa ... details
update: 2025-02-18

W/O Edward Alfred Rushmere

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

W/O Thomas William Cooper

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

F/Sgt Edgar Ray

from: Australia Yarram ... details
update: 2025-02-18

F/L John Thornton Allan

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

P/O Stanley Clarence Stephens

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18

Sgt Grenville Humphrey Butler

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2025-02-18
 
* recent aircraft updated

TP379

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP380

stats: FRXVIII EA G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP381

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP382

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP383

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP384

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP385

stats: FRXVIII KEA G65 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP386

stats: FRXVIII KEA G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP387

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP388

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP389

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP390

stats: FRXVIII KEA G65 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP391

stats: FRXVIII KEA G65 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP392

stats: FRXVIII KEA G65 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

TP393

stats: FRXVIII KEA G65 ... details
update: 2025-10-27
 
* recent comments & questions

P8713

P8713 is recorded in RAF records as being 72 Squadron, however an internet search also shows P8713 listed as PK-O shot down on same day but ...

on: pilots, 2023-08-16 ... details

Aircraft code

Aircraft code was MK682 DU-C ...

on: aircraft, 2023-07-27 ... details

Not MH487

Thanks for letting us know. Do you have a larger image that you could upload? Thanks ...

on: aircraft, 2023-07-17 ... details

Incorrect photo

The aircraft depicted here (coded ?-FU) is not MH487. It's not visible on this small version of the photo but the first letter of the serial ...

on: aircraft, 2023-07-11 ... details

Markings and code

F/Lt Ketterson flew this aircraft most frequently and had "HOT-BOX" painted on the forward panel. MJ306 was initially coded VZ-K, and later ...

on: aircraft, 2023-07-03 ... details

EN479 Flown by my dad for 50 minutes on1

I found this small picture of EN479 in my dad's logbook. It doesn't enlarge very well. I think I can improve on it though. I will update lat ...

on: aircraft, 2023-06-08 ... details

Simpler times

I thought it would be interesting to show the High School Football team from 1931. Harold is holding the Football. The High School was Centr ...

on: pilots, 2023-06-06 ... details

UM-V R6597 not P9427

I've found the picture of R6597 and I'm inclined to agree with you. From the shadows on the plane it looks like both pictures were taken wit ...

on: pilots, 2023-04-19 ... details