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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
... Longmarston "E" ... crash ... able ... St. ... Middleton ... crashed. ... but ... November ... good ... Brett ... T4215 did land without damage, but apart...
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...
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...
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....
... 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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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 ... ...
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...
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...
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...
Hi, I'm new to the site and wonder if somebody might know the answer to a question I have. My grandfather was based at 24 otu (Honeybourne) and was killed when...
Dear Steve, As a rear gunner in a Whitley in a bomber configuration, (I presume it was the same for Coastal Comand)Â it consisted of Pilot, Observer, not...
