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Mossie crews last reunion (Read 458 times)
Oct 16
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, 2004 at 10:07am
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Final reunion of Mosquito flyers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3748848.stm
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A final reunion of more than 150 airmen who flew Mosquito planes during World War II is to be held on Saturday.
Due to its ageing membership, the Mosquito Aircrew Association will gather for the last time at the Royal Air Force Museum, London.
They will inspect one of the planes they used to fly - considered one of the most dangerous during the war as it could outpace any other aircraft.
The association was set up in 1991 for the veterans to reminisce.
The wooden planes they used to fly had a top speed of 400mph and were used in the bombing of Berlin on 31 January 1943.
After the Berlin raid, Hermann Goering, head of the Luftwaffe said: "In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now.
"It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy.
"The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. "
The association was established by Eric Atkins, who won numerous medals as a flight lieutenant.
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MOSQUITO
Top speed 400mph
Fastest aircraft in Bomber Command until May 1951
7,781 built
Crew of two instead of six
Designed 1938
Manufactured 1940
Built by de Havillands
A total of 7,781 Mosquito aircraft were built by de Havillands and produced in the UK, Australia and Canada.
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Oct 16
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The wooden wonder, a somewhat unloved child at the beginning of its life. Lets hope all those old boys have one great last party
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I've always wanted to speak to an RAF pilot (one from the war) but being over here in Aust it is damn hard..
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I've always wanted to speak to an RAF pilot (one from the war) but being over here in Aust it is damn hard..
A.
Lots of Aussie pilots & aircrew in the RAF during WWII. Most of Bomber Command (including 617 Squadron) was made up of Aussies & other Commonwealth aircrews. I don't know what we would have done without them.
PS. The famous "Operation Jericho" low level precision raid on Amiens prison was carried out by Mosquitoes of 487 Squadron (New Zealand), 464 Squadron (Australian) and 21 Squadron.
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Yeah, I once tried contacting Rollo Kingsford Smith and he never replied....I was respectful though....maybe he can't work email...though email is hardly more complex than a lancaster...oh wait....
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Very sad. Time marches on and there is nothing we can do about it...
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My dad was telling me about this woman he knew who had 3 brothers who flew in the war.One died in a mosquito training incident in New Zealand, the other died when his lancaster was shot down, and the other survived the whole war as a lancaster pilot.. PIck of every bunch aye
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I've always wanted to speak to an RAF pilot (one from the war) but being over here in Aust it is damn hard..
A.
That reminds me of the time I was at the bar at RAF Wyton (home of 8 Gp - Pathfinders). There was an old chap standing next to me, who when he turned round turned out to be the most famous Mossie pilot of them all, Sir Ivor Broom. A very nice man who would always visit Uni of Wales Air Squadron when they visited us at Wyton for their summer camps...
He sadly departed last year (or it may have been 2002)
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