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2019-09-12
BBC - WW2 People's War - A Belgian officer in service with the RAF.
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2019-01-14
LIVRE LES SPITFIRE MK.V The Belgian et Dutch Squadrons
Forwarded message - From: Andre BAR <
Oui, le 14 décembre, le shop au musée l'attend toujours !!!!
Mais je viens de recevoir le livre de Listeman « LES SPITFIRE MK.V The Belgian et
Dutch Squadrons » les Spit du 350 et 349 SQ, 40 pages et 8 jolis profils.
Beau travail.
Amitiés DD
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2015-08-14
Video: "Spitfires - Kenley Fighter Station (1940)"
2015-07-25
[vintage-and-warbirds] Reliving Bomber Command 70 years later
Forwarded message - From: "Jeff Rankin-Lowe
[vintage-and-warbirds]
Reliving Bomber Command 70 years later
Mark McNeil
Hamilton Spectator
July 13, 2015
It's been a long time between Lancaster flights for Don McTaggart.
Seventy years ago, he was the rear gunner on the last mission of VR-X,
known as "X-TERMINATOR", a Lancaster aircraft that aviation history
buffs argue was the greatest of the Canadian-built bombers, surviving
an incredible 84 missions.
And Saturday he got to relive the flight experience, taking a ride on
VR-A, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Lancaster known as
"Vera", that was decorated for the day to look like the bomber he flew
in so many years before.
It was all a big surprise for the 90-year-old Belleville resident —
who worked in poultry processing in civilian life — when he arrived
Saturday morning. He had been invited by the museum to attend
Lancaster Day, a commemoration of the museum's famed bomber, one of
only two in the world still flying, but he had no idea that he would
have the chance to take to the skies.
"They surprised me all right. My daughter knew but they didn't tell
me," he said.
Of the flight, he said, "it was very nostalgic." Noisy, like he
remembered, but a fair bit more comfortable.
When he flew on the April 25, 1945 bombing mission to the Island of
Wangerooge in the North Sea, he was shoehorned into the rear turret of
the aircraft, where he was assigned to stay the entire time.
The flight on the weekend was in relative luxury. He could move
around, got to sit in the main body of the aircraft, and could
pleasantly look at the scenery through a porthole for the hour-long
flight that went to Niagara Falls and Toronto.
And, more importantly, there was no one trying to shoot the plane down
on the more recent flight.
"It's a great honour for me to be here today," he told the crowd. "I
never expected to live this long."
But even after all those years, his memories of the mission are vivid.
He got into active service late in the war and took part in only three
missions, the last of which was on X-TERMINATOR and now he is the only
person still living from that crew.
"We took quite a bit of flak," he remembered. "There was one plane
shot down by flak and there were six planes that went down from
collisions."
Fortunately, his plane returned safely and did not suffer damage. At
that point in the war, the Nazis did not have an effective air force
that could threaten bombing missions from the air — although Allied
aircraft had to contend with anti-aircraft fire from the ground.
A total of 430 Avro Lancasters were built in Canada by Victory
Aircraft Limited at Malton, including the X-TERMINATOR and the
Lancaster owned by the Warplane Heritage.
Shortly after the war, the X-TERMINATOR found its way back to Canada
and was scrapped, much to the chagrin of aviation historians who felt
that it should have been kept for posterity.
"A lot of people feel they should have kept aircraft, but I guess they
didn't have the foresight at that time," says McTaggart.
[vintage-and-warbirds]
Reliving Bomber Command 70 years later
Mark McNeil
Hamilton Spectator
July 13, 2015
It's been a long time between Lancaster flights for Don McTaggart.
Seventy years ago, he was the rear gunner on the last mission of VR-X,
known as "X-TERMINATOR", a Lancaster aircraft that aviation history
buffs argue was the greatest of the Canadian-built bombers, surviving
an incredible 84 missions.
And Saturday he got to relive the flight experience, taking a ride on
VR-A, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Lancaster known as
"Vera", that was decorated for the day to look like the bomber he flew
in so many years before.
It was all a big surprise for the 90-year-old Belleville resident —
who worked in poultry processing in civilian life — when he arrived
Saturday morning. He had been invited by the museum to attend
Lancaster Day, a commemoration of the museum's famed bomber, one of
only two in the world still flying, but he had no idea that he would
have the chance to take to the skies.
"They surprised me all right. My daughter knew but they didn't tell
me," he said.
Of the flight, he said, "it was very nostalgic." Noisy, like he
remembered, but a fair bit more comfortable.
When he flew on the April 25, 1945 bombing mission to the Island of
Wangerooge in the North Sea, he was shoehorned into the rear turret of
the aircraft, where he was assigned to stay the entire time.
The flight on the weekend was in relative luxury. He could move
around, got to sit in the main body of the aircraft, and could
pleasantly look at the scenery through a porthole for the hour-long
flight that went to Niagara Falls and Toronto.
And, more importantly, there was no one trying to shoot the plane down
on the more recent flight.
"It's a great honour for me to be here today," he told the crowd. "I
never expected to live this long."
But even after all those years, his memories of the mission are vivid.
He got into active service late in the war and took part in only three
missions, the last of which was on X-TERMINATOR and now he is the only
person still living from that crew.
"We took quite a bit of flak," he remembered. "There was one plane
shot down by flak and there were six planes that went down from
collisions."
Fortunately, his plane returned safely and did not suffer damage. At
that point in the war, the Nazis did not have an effective air force
that could threaten bombing missions from the air — although Allied
aircraft had to contend with anti-aircraft fire from the ground.
A total of 430 Avro Lancasters were built in Canada by Victory
Aircraft Limited at Malton, including the X-TERMINATOR and the
Lancaster owned by the Warplane Heritage.
Shortly after the war, the X-TERMINATOR found its way back to Canada
and was scrapped, much to the chagrin of aviation historians who felt
that it should have been kept for posterity.
"A lot of people feel they should have kept aircraft, but I guess they
didn't have the foresight at that time," says McTaggart.
2015-07-20
Video: "Belgium's National Day (1941)"
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2015-01-07
Video: "WW2 R.A.F Bomber Command Footage ( No still Photos) BMN-Network"
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2015-01-06
Video: "WWII ROYAL AIR FORCE FERRY PILOT AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY 3456"
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2014-01-12
Video : Flag With A History 1942
Flag With A History 1942
Description
Titles read: "FLAG WITH A HISTORY".
A Home Counties Aerodrome, somewhere in Britain.
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands arrives in uniform at the aerodrome and meets the Belgian Defence Minister, Monsieur Gutt, and the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair. M Gutt makes...
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A Home Counties Aerodrome, somewhere in Britain.
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands arrives in uniform at the aerodrome and meets the Belgian Defence Minister, Monsieur Gutt, and the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair. M Gutt makes...
more here
2013-05-07
Belgian Wartime pilot Gustave Rens has passed away.
Colonel Gustave Joseph Albert Rens, one of the few remaining Belgian World War II pilots has passed away on Monday 6 May 2013.
Born at Aarschot on January 8th, 1917, Rens was taken prisoner during World War II but managed to escape in 1942. Arriving in England he joined the Royal Air Force were he trained to become a fighter-bomber pilot, ultimately joining an RAF Tempest V Squadron of 2nd TAF. After his military career Rens became president of the High Commission for War Invalids, Veteran Combatants and War victims. Rens reached the age of 96 years.
Regards
DBx
2013-01-14
Video: "Behind Blue Eyes - The Who. WWII RAF Pilots Music video"
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2012-10-20
Dozens of Spitfire planes to be excavated in Burma
Dozens of Spitfire fighter planes that were buried by British troops in Burma as the second world war
drew to a close are to be excavated after an agreement to dig up the
historic aircraft was signed by the Burmese government and an aviation
enthusiast from Lincolnshire.
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After 16 years of searching and
lobbying, David Cundall, 62, has signed a deal to recover the lost RAF
planes, which are believed to have been packed in crates and hidden by
British forces on the orders of Earl Mountbatten shortly before the
United States bombed the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
During
his visit to Burma in April, David Cameron reached an agreement with
President Thein Sein about the recovery of the missing aircraft. The
British embassy in Rangoon said the newly signed deal was a chance to
work with the new Burmese government "in uncovering, restoring,
displaying these fighter planes".
Excavation work is expected to
begin by the end of this month. The number of Mark 14 Spitfires awaiting
discovery remains unclear, but Htoo Htoo Zaw, managing director of
Cundall's Burmese partner, the Shwe Taung Paw company, said he estimated
there were at least 60. Previous estimates have varied between 20 and
36. Even that number would represent a large increase in the global
Spitfire population: while 21,000 were built, only 35 remain in a good
enough condition to fly. (Source: The Guardian)
Best regards,
Daniel
2012-04-14
Memories of RAF B25s by FRASER MITCHELL
- Contributed by FRASERMITCHELL
- People in story: Raymond Mitchell
- Location of story: UK, Belgium & Germany
- Background to story: Royal Air Force
- Article ID: A2299052
- Contributed on: 15 February 2004
Full story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/52/a2299052.shtml
2012-03-28
Video: "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)"
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During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed of overnight raids that resulted in a missing plane. Behind these sombre announcements hid tales of death and destruction. This is the story of one such bomber crew who was shot down and assisted home by a group of brave Dutch patriots.
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2012-02-13
André Leleu Un ancien de la RAF vient de nous quitter Squadron 158 RAF
Un ancien de la RAF vient de nous quitter.
André LELEU s'est en allé rejoindre ses compagnons au paradis des aviateurs.
André LELEU est né le 15 septembre 1921 à Courtrai.
En février 1941, son frère Lucien et lui décident de Quitter la Belgique pour rejoindre l'Angleterre.
Après avoir traversé la France, l'Espagne et le Portugal ils arrivent à Gibraltar et embarquent, sous la protection de la Royal Navy, à bord d'un navire vers la Grande Bretagne.
More at
More at
http://belgiansinrafandsaaf1940-1945.blogspot.com/2012/02/un-ancien-de-la-raf-vient-de-nous.html
Philippe Deman
http://www.bamfbamrs.be/RAF/index.htm
2012-01-29
Video DVD Mony Van Lierde
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Date: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Dirk
Date: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:18 PM
DVD inhuldiging monument Mony Van Lierde nu beschikbaar (duur 53 min)
DVD inauguration du monument de Mony Van Lierde maintenant disponible (duré 53 min)
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