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Status Replies posted by Col Walter E Kurtz
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Dear Chris i'm doing a build in 1:32 scale of my uncle's aircraft. He crashed US-X NV728 after total engine failure. @erniewise saw my posting and tentatively suggested you might have access to some pics of my uncles aircraft? He also said the Eduard Royal Tempest kit gives this a/c as an option and states the pilot as my uncle Sgt PC Brown.
He survived the crash badly injured and was taken prisoner. He later was promoted F/Sgt then WO2. Think he possibly joined or was transferred to 16 Squadron leaving Germany in Oct 1946.
Thanks
Kind Regards
Andy
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Dear Chris. Firstly, thank you for taking the time to reply to my message. I'm very grateful to you for taking the time. Others have said you are the 'go to' expert for both Typhoon and Tempest matters. I am aware of some of your publications and think your original research has helped me fill in some of the missing pieces of the 'jigsaw' as your works are quoted elsewhere on other WW2 forums.
I too found the 56 squadron ORB from the National Archives. Interesting to understand that it's one of the few that is so detailed.
I find reading this most absorbing and humbling. I know of W/O Tuck and that he force landed on the same sweep as uncle Peter. I think it says he called up and said he was ok and was seen to then wave and run off. This was north of Dummer Lake That you got to meet Bill Tuck must have been amazing. I'm guessing that he is no longer alive? He and Uncle Peter joined 56 as replacements on the same day i believe.
I'm astounded you can give a first hand account of what happened. This is amazing information. I do recall my late parents saying something vague about he was shot down by ground fire. Maybe during captivity Bill and Peter discussed how they ended up POWs and that's where this information got passed to my parents.
Uncle Peter was badly burned as a result of his crash. his right side of his face bore the marks. In almost all the pics post crash he has his head turned to the right to hide the burn marks.
I have a copy of the Air Ministry Telegram 3.4.45 informing his parents ( and his girlfriend- Miss Jean Bird) that he had been killed in action. I have a photo of his discharge / reserve papers dated 07.10.46 from 84 Group HQ . I'm pretty sure he must have moved with the 56 squadron pilots to 16 Squadron.
I would be most grateful if you could send me a copy of US-X NV-728. I do promise to use it for my own personal use.
My cousin has some pictures of 56 Squadron and uncle Peter. (He was a professional photographer). I'm hoping he will share these pictures with me in due course. I seem to recall there are some gun camera stills in this album. I'm very willing to give you open access to this material in the future once i get it!. My email address is [email protected].
One last point.
There is a pic i posted in my WIP thread." Revell Hawker Tempest MkV 1:32 - 56 (Punjab) Squadron April1945 , 2nd TAS Volkel, Holland - My uncle's aircraft (US-X)"
It shows him on the wing of a Tempest. On the Port front radiator cowling there looks to be a dark arrow showing prop rotation direction. Is this possible? or is it just the shadow of the prop blade. What do you think?
Thank you !
Kind Regards
Andy
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Happy New Year Kenny!
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Hi all,
had some fun yesterday, when they pinched my satchel from the vehicle in the sleepy little village of Chiredzi, where I have been shopping every few weeks for thirty years...
The times they are a'changing, as that has been unheard of before.
Beside a lot of money, passport, driving licence, bank cards, etc, the b..tards pinched my cell phone...
So I am a serious problem for taking photos of builds' progress...
I will have to keep building my kits quietly until such time I can borrow the fancy camera of SWMBO. As I got her charity's money pinched, that may take a while.
Cheers and have fun!
JR
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Hi all,
had some fun yesterday, when they pinched my satchel from the vehicle in the sleepy little village of Chiredzi, where I have been shopping every few weeks for thirty years...
The times they are a'changing, as that has been unheard of before.
Beside a lot of money, passport, driving licence, bank cards, etc, the b..tards pinched my cell phone...
So I am a serious problem for taking photos of builds' progress...
I will have to keep building my kits quietly until such time I can borrow the fancy camera of SWMBO. As I got her charity's money pinched, that may take a while.
Cheers and have fun!
JR
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Sorry to hear about this Jean. Yes indeed there are a few rotten apples around. Like the person who stole my Dad's ipad when he went to visit my mum on her birthday in her care home! ... he left it in her room for 15 mins after we had done a facetime call and some nameless scum bag stole it! Any way i hope you can sort your new documents out quickly. t's such a pain.Regards
Andy
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