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09-10-2007, 02:09 AM
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__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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09-10-2007, 02:20 AM
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09-10-2007, 05:20 PM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | I forgot to post this for Kitty. 011348 A MOST SECRET SQUADRON; Des Curtis. Story of No 618 Squadron RAF and its special detachment formed for 'Operation Servant'. 2 15.99 http://www.eastangliabooks.com/new_page_3.htm 618 Squadron was formed to follow up the successes of 617 Squadron with a new device codenamed Highball. It was a "Bouncing bomb" designed to be carried by Mosquitos and employed against shipping. But she probably knows all this anyway!
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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09-10-2007, 05:27 PM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | Excellent find Spidge - I'd not come across that one and I've been looking for a book on 618 Squadron. Err, I'm about to break my own promise on not buying anymore books for a couple of weeks  BTW, their server seems to having problems at the moment so the link may not work
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09-10-2007, 05:34 PM
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You're Top Poster: #1 |  It's out of print and they don't have a copy in stock. I have put my name down in case they track a reasonably priced one down. Knew it would be too good to be true (and I don't want to pay the £40+ that others are asking for it).
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09-10-2007, 10:21 PM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | Glad I could help you spend some cash!
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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10-10-2007, 12:32 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Feel so much better now since Kyt sent me a link for another book. I had made a similar promise but just enquired about postage! I won't mention the three cheapies I bid on yesterday...
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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10-10-2007, 06:45 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | 113 Sqn A very entertaining site. Well done. http://113squadron.com/home_of_113_squadron.htm North Africa and Burma flying with Blenheims, Hurris, Jugs etc. Love it!
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. Last edited by Antipodean Andy; 10-10-2007 at 06:46 AM.. Reason: Wrong URL! |
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10-10-2007, 06:50 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | 8 Sqn A good history included in an active RAF sqn website. Some great pics too. Maritime patrols over Gulf of Aden and Red Sea in Vincents, Blenheims, Hudsons, Wimpys and then over Malaya with Libs. http://www.8squadron.co.uk/history_1939-1945.php http://www.8squadron.co.uk/history_e...n_campaign.php - ooh, Ethiopian campaign! http://www.8squadron.co.uk/history_maritime_patrols.php - the link I meant to post!
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. Last edited by Antipodean Andy; 10-10-2007 at 08:56 AM.. Reason: Whoops!!!! |
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