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Combat Warplanes / Re: Gloster Meteor

« on: June 13, 2007, 03:45:28 PM »

  This could as easily go in the Sabre thread, but here's a formation photo from 19 April 1956 as No. 66 Squadron Sabres are being replaced by a mixture of Hunter Mk. 4s and Meteor Mk. 8s.

Some info on 66 Sqn:

The squadron reformed at Duxford on 1 September 1946 in the fighter role, equipped with Spitfires.  These were replaced by Meteors in 1947 and in October 1949, the unit moved to Linton-on-Ouse re-equipping with Sabres in December 1953. 
From 11 February 1949 until 1 November 1953, the squadron was linked with No 111 Squadron. Hunters, initially F Mk 4s,  arrived in March 1956 being replaced by F Mk 6s in October and these remained the squadron's main equipment until disbanding at Acklington, to where it had moved in February 1957, on 30 September 1960.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Gloster Meteor

« on: June 13, 2007, 03:36:19 PM »

Bit of information on 541 Squadron

Formed from B & F Flights of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at Benson on 19 October 1942.

Equipped with Spitfires, it operated over Europe throughout the rest of the war, although some Mustangs were received and operated alongside the Spitfires from June 1944. 

After the war it was intended to send the a detachment of the squadron to Africa for survey work, for which it received some Lancasters.  However, this plan was cancelled and the squadron disbanded at Benson on 1 October 1946, the Lancaster element forming the nucleus of a reformed No 82 Squadron.

The squadron reformed at Benson on 1 November 1947, again in the PR role, equipped with Spitfire XIXs, which were replaced by Meteor PR 10s in December 1950.  The squadron moved to Germany in June 1951 joining 2 TAF, initially at Buckeburg and later Gutersloh and Laarbruch until from May 1957, when it moved to Wunstorf, where it disbanded on 6 September 1957.

Motto:  Alone above all

Source - http://www.rafweb.org/

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Warplane Art / Re: Challenge- Sabre

« on: June 12, 2007, 09:53:30 PM »

Thank you felixdk for your time 

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Combat Warplanes / Tornados

« on: June 12, 2007, 09:48:29 PM »

A couple of shots of RAF Tornado F3's

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Warplane Art / Re: Challenge- Sabre

« on: June 12, 2007, 08:52:13 PM »

Damn good color profile!!! I put this topic as temporary sticky

  kneel before you great one 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: What is this?

« on: June 12, 2007, 12:27:56 PM »

 

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Warplane Art / Re: Me262 color profiles

« on: June 11, 2007, 10:27:03 PM »

Thank you for info about broken links

Thanks No.1, great profiles 

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Warplane Art / Re: Me262 color profiles

« on: June 11, 2007, 08:54:59 PM »

Set of colors of the famous Luftwaffe jet

http://www.wmyh.com/images/Pilot/me262a12.jpg

http://www.wmyh.com/images/Pilot/me262a11.jpg

http://www.wmyh.com/images/Pilot/me262a13.jpg

Sorry No.1 I could not see the links, so I have Quoted your post and then removed the IMG tags, now I can see the links in the quote.
Also it looks like the links are dead.

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Warplane Art / Re: Avanti siluranti!

« on: June 11, 2007, 08:35:43 PM »

  very good my friend 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: What is this?

« on: June 11, 2007, 12:16:54 PM »

Your image of the Gotha WD 14 looks like it has a twin tail 

The smaller one could be a Euler DI or DII

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Combat Warplanes / Re: What is this?

« on: June 09, 2007, 01:15:00 PM »

Some shots of the Friedrichshafen FF.33

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Aeronavale images

« on: June 07, 2007, 12:05:45 PM »

Great link and imagery 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Gloster Meteor

« on: June 05, 2007, 03:58:56 PM »

From my own collection, a line up of PR10 Meteors of 541 Squadron, based at RAF Benson, I think it's around early 1950's

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Gloster Meteor

« on: June 04, 2007, 03:44:51 PM »

Could be a nice subject for a profile. Gloster Meteor at the IAF Museum.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Articles about VVS

« on: June 02, 2007, 01:52:31 PM »

Great link, very interesting information