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hi, just noticed on a different forum a link to this site where it said you were mounting an FN4 turret to your whitley....i have an fn4 but was led to believe...
pete240268
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Jun 11, 2007
7:31 pm
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Elliot/Steve I have been given a piece of my Uncle's aircraft (Whitley P5057) by a fellow in Wales. Apparently he's had it for many years. It's not the nicest...
Todd
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Oct 18, 2007
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Hallo, my name is Karsten. I'm interested in all of Bomber Command losses and I research in South of Berlin. My website: www.bomber-command.de Kind regards, ...
Karsten S.
karsten_zero
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Nov 22, 2007
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... __________________ It could be from either aircraft Pete. It could have been from a Lancaster as well, they were in quite widespread use. I presume that...
Mike
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Dec 2, 2007
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Hi Todd Can you email me a pic please - if you send it to elliott1940@... i'll do my best to ID it for you. The part number you give is a bit odd - it...
elliott1940
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Dec 7, 2007
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Hi Pete The key will be the cupola. Does this still exist or do you have just the internals? Regards Elliott ... it ... an fn4 ... the...
elliott1940
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Dec 7, 2007
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Hi Karsten That is an excellent site - thank you for telling us about it. Have you been able to find any information on Whitley losses near Berlin? With best...
elliott1940
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Dec 7, 2007
9:55 pm
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Hi Elliott, I'll get you a picture as soon as I can! Cheers, Todd ... From: elliott1940 To: Whitley_project@... Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007...
Todd Yates
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Dec 12, 2007
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Thanks Todd ... AW ... P5057) ... not ... a ... It's...
elliott1940
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Dec 25, 2007
4:40 pm
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Hi just stumbled on this when I found an old copy of FlyPast Nov 2001 which had a brief note of the Whitley Project. No web site in those days so was very...
Ian
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Jan 10, 2008
8:10 pm
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Hi Ian Thanks for the message and welcome. I'd be interested in hearing about your friend in Canada. Do you think you might be able to get an account from...
whitley_project
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Feb 3, 2008
2:38 pm
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Elliott He had the crash in Canada but he is English and lives near me. I will try and get something Regards Ian Whitley _____ From:...
Ian Whitley
ian_whitley
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Feb 3, 2008
5:16 pm
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I was flying as A/G in Whitleys 1942/43 at 10 OTU at Abingdon Oxon. My prospected operationial service ended abruptly Oct 42 due to pilot error, amidst broken...
GEORGE CHAMBERS
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Feb 20, 2008
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Just browsing on the front page of this Group and noticed the above comment. I have a copy of THE WHITLEY FILE book and was trying to find EB384 in the...
Ian
ian_whitley
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Feb 23, 2008
10:29 pm
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HAving again visited the above, is there an update on the Project and where is it being carried out?...
Ian
ian_whitley
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Feb 23, 2008
10:54 pm
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Dear All I am researching the loss of my uncle, Philip Halliday, RAFVR on Christmas Day 1941 who was pilot Navigator in a Mark VII Whitley fitted with ASV. On...
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Mar 4, 2008
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David The book "The Whitley File" shows Whitley Z6810 of 612 "lost on transit flight from Wick to Reykjavik" 25/12/41. Whitley numbers Z6793 to Z6842 are Mk V...
C Findlay
thornton271
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Mar 4, 2008
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Dear Colin Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. I had assumed a Mark VII from other information so knowing it was a Mark V will help with the...
David Briggs
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Mar 5, 2008
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Dear Colin - Please excuse the additional reply. I was planning to use the attached photo as a key source for the model project - but as you can see this shows...
David Briggs
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Mar 5, 2008
12:30 am
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... Whitley ... Officers ... to ... broke ... to ... St. ... Hi Leroy, opologies if you have already received this message, but I can't seem to get a post up...
cartetouche3295
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Mar 5, 2008
9:30 am
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... plane ... that ... If ... Hi in the WHitley FIle T4215 was S OC Struck off Charge on 17.5.44 so presumed did not crash. THE WHITLEY FILE is a book - soft...
Ian
ian_whitley
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Mar 5, 2008
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... Longmarston "E" ... crash ... able ... St. ... Middleton ... crashed. ... but ... November ... good ... Brett ... T4215 did land without damage, but apart...
cartetouche3295
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Mar 5, 2008
12:22 pm
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David I am no expert like some of the guys rebuilding a Whitley. My uncle was a pilot killed after crashing in fog when recalled from a raid in Sept 41. he was...
C Findlay
thornton271
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Mar 5, 2008
8:42 pm
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I have a DVD from the Imperial War Museum Collection about the Air Transport Auxiliary delivering aircraft in 1941, including rare footage of a Whitley take...
C Findlay
thornton271
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Mar 5, 2008
9:04 pm
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Thanks Colin - some pics here that my research had not turned up - particulalry the censored one. Today I discovered this site - which has over 90 pictures....
David Briggs
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Mar 5, 2008
11:07 pm
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... from a raid in Sept 41. ... after some damage on the way back from a raid. ... and through training. I typed it up a couple of years ago and did a bit more...
cartetouche3295
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Mar 6, 2008
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Hi David It appears that some Mk Vs may have been converted to Mk VII - we carried out a recovery on a coastal command Mk V Whitley a few years back and found...
Elliott Smock
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Mar 8, 2008
10:52 am
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Thanks for this Elliot This is a fascinating trail ! From the information that Graham Brett has so kindly provided - (sse below) it appears that on Christmas...
David Briggs
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Mar 8, 2008
4:24 pm
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Whitley_project group. File :...
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Mar 20, 2008
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I thought friends would be interested in these three films You need to be patient with 2 of them - but it's worth it !! Especially the low fly past !! Jeez - I...
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