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277	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	Feb 3, 2008 2:38 pm
278	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	Feb 3, 2008 5:16 pm
279	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 george6216	Feb 20, 2008 6:19 pm
280	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	Feb 23, 2008 10:29 pm
281	HAving again visited the above, is there an update on the Project and where is it being carried out?...	Ian ian_whitley	Feb 23, 2008 10:54 pm
282	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...	enf855d	Mar 4, 2008 8:51 am
283	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	Mar 4, 2008 7:24 pm
284	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 enf855d	Mar 5, 2008 12:13 am
285	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 enf855d	Mar 5, 2008 12:30 am
286	... 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	Mar 5, 2008 9:30 am
287	... 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	Mar 5, 2008 10:54 am
288	... Longmarston "E" ... crash ... able ... St. ... Middleton ... crashed. ... but ... November ... good ... Brett ... T4215 did land without damage, but apart...	cartetouche3295	Mar 5, 2008 12:22 pm
289	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	Mar 5, 2008 8:42 pm
290	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	Mar 5, 2008 9:04 pm
291	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 enf855d	Mar 5, 2008 11:07 pm
292	... 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	Mar 6, 2008 2:01 pm
293	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 whitley_project	Mar 8, 2008 10:52 am
294	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 enf855d	Mar 8, 2008 4:24 pm
295	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 :...	Whitley_project@...	Mar 20, 2008 9:39 pm
296	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...	enf855d	Mar 21, 2008 11:43 pm
297	Hello friends, I have added a folder in the Whitley Yahoo group (possible Whitley crash) with some photos of a "Whitley" crash here in Germany. According to...	Karsten S. karsten_zero	Apr 11, 2008 5:37 pm
298	Elliott hi My mistake it was not in Canada but England. I have contacted George Chambers and he has given me the report of the crash which I have put in the...	Ian ian_whitley	May 18, 2008 6:39 pm
300	What is the engine situation? Is the intention to fit (a) functional engine(s)? Thanks, Stephen Smith...	mtcvmepp	Sep 21, 2008 10:29 am
301	Hi Stephen We have not ruled this out, but it does depend on finding a pair of very good Merlin Xs. So far we have two of these engines, both originating from...	elliott1940	Oct 27, 2008 12:52 am
302	... You'll have your own plans but one idea would be to shift one to Colindale and perhaps form a group there. Steve Smith> Hi Stephen ... of ... Getting ... ...	mtcvmepp	Oct 29, 2008 10:35 pm
303	Hi Elliot, I've just joined the site. My dad was a rear gunner in Whitleys during the war. I have a technical question for you. The wings were very thick and...	biddly01	May 2, 2009 4:08 am
304		george6216	May 2, 2009 11:16 am
305		george6216	May 2, 2009 11:17 am
306	From my recolections as a rear gunner, the main spar went through the fusilage & one definately crawled under the main tank to pass to the cockpit. Other tanks...	GEORGE CHAMBERS george6216	May 2, 2009 11:38 am
307	Hi Brian The wing spar passes through the fuselage as a fairly complex network of bracing tubes - a catwalk allowed crew members to crawl through - but this...	whitley_project	May 4, 2009 6:55 pm

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