Julien Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Hi, can we please not scan in books, and make sure any photos posted to this thread are in the public domain, or you have permision. Thx Julien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 10/01/2020 at 05:41, NAVY870 said: Ah yes, the serial offending Mr Brendan Scott Told yes he can take photo's of our aeroplanes but they are for personal use only and not to be published. I believe he may have not been truthful when he agreed to the terms. Dont you just hate people like that. They ruin it for the next person to ask 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Julien said: Hi, can we please not scan in books, and make sure any photos posted to this thread are in the public domain, or you have permision. Thx Julien So, should we all go back through all our posts and check and delete all the images that have been scanned from books and magazines? Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodeychuck Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Nice to hear of a new Beaufort kit. Once I have finished my versions of the 240 sqn Catalina and 42 Sqn Shackleton MR2, my Dad flew in. I would like to do Flt Lt Kenneth Terry’s 42 sqn Beaufort. He was awarded his DFC flying from Leuchars in 1941 and his niece was a client of my wife’s gardening business so there is another personal connection. Next? How about a Lincoln so I can do Q Queenie of 61/144(b) squadron? 😂😂 Edited January 27, 2020 by Doodeychuck Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 22 hours ago, Carl V said: Thanks to canberra kid for these great pictures. I am particularly intrigued by the third, which is the first I have seen with the DF aerial deployed. It has relevance to my work because the British Air Ministry strongly recommended that this be adopted by the RCAF for the Bolingbroke and there was a good deal of pro and con argument. The Canadians preferred the loop aerial in a football shaped housing which was adopted for all the Bolingbroke IV models except for the IV T where, presumably, DF was deemed redundant. One of the reasons given was that the Air Ministry pattern would be highly susceptible to icing. Would I be able to get a copy of this photo for use when/if my book is published? Does anyone know if this type aerial was used on anything but the Beaufort? Carl, another DF areal, this time amore traditional type in a transparent housing. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Think that photo is reversed. Looks like an AW-coded aircraft (42 Sq). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 The proper orientation. Chris 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) Hi thought this may interest a few no ideas where it was thou ' cheers jerry Edited January 21, 2020 by brewerjerry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Airborne flamethrower... How was it supposed to work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 And I just wonder, Mr Navy870, why would you ask for any restriction on the photos? Are you planning a publication based on that cut-off cockpit? And what about 100+ pix, I took in that old, dusty shed in Narellan in the 80's? 😉 Just wonder! Cheers! Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Airborne flamethrower... How was it supposed to work ? It doesn't seem to be a flame projector in the way troop & tank mounted units are but rather it appeared to dump a swath of napalm like flaming liquid across the scenery. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: It doesn't seem to be a flame projector in the way troop & tank mounted units are but rather it appeared to dump a swath of napalm like flaming liquid across the scenery. Steve. Oh ... That makes a bit more sense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raafif Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) A photo of DAP Beaufort A9-557 when it crashed on 3 jeeps. This aircraft is now in the Australian War memorial Museum storage awaiting a new building to display it. Two photos of the repair of the belly (aft torpedo bay) of A9-557 in 2002 by myself & a friend. Edited July 13, 2022 by raafif 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) deleted by me Edited August 5, 2022 by brewerjerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Hi All, Now the ICM 1:48 beaufort kit is out I thought time to do some more research Anyone have info on the colours of the presumably dummy torpedo that would be used by 32OTU during the training they did at Pat Bay canada cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, brewerjerry said: Hi All, Now the ICM 1:48 beaufort kit is out I thought time to do some more research Anyone have info on the colours of the presumably dummy torpedo that would be used by 32OTU during the training they did at Pat Bay canada cheers jerry @dogsbody may have an idea, if not he may know who to reach out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 15 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: @dogsbody may have an idea, if not he may know who to reach out too. Other than Royal Navy torpedos, I have never come upon any discription of RAF aerial torpedo colour. I'm going to guess that the main body was a dark steel colour with the warhead maybe painted black. Training warheads were either red or yellow. I've seen some B&W photos that show a light coloured warhead. If you go back to Page 2 of this post and look at the Carl Vincent photos I had posted, you will see one of a Beaufort dropping a torpedo, notice that there isn't a fuse on the nose, just a ring that would be used to tie the torpedo onto the loading trolley. If this is concerning the new ICM 1/48 Beaufort, ICM is or already has released a 1/48 torpedo and loading trolley. A colour guide is provided. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 8:35 AM, dogsbody said: If this is concerning the new ICM 1/48 Beaufort, ICM is or already has released a 1/48 torpedo and loading trolley. A colour guide is provided. Chris Hi thanks, yep i have an icm 1:48 beaufort in the post coming to me now checked the icm torpedo/trolley guide as suggested and it gives red as the nose colour cheers jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Hi All another general beaufort question does anyone know the appx date the nose guns were first fitted to aircraft in the UK or Med ? cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) On 1/11/2020 at 3:20 AM, dogsbody said: On 1/14/2020 at 2:30 AM, Graham Boak said: Post 26 picture 3: I think this is the rarely shown 2000lb SAP bomb Would the doors for the narrower front section of the bomb bay have remained open, or were they closed, when carrying this bomb? I note there's a little bit of clearance between the bomb nose, and the front section of the bay - if the diagram below is accurate. Also, does anyone know if there are any other pictures of Beauforts carrying this bomb - and which non-British Beaufort users are likely to have had this bomb? Edited January 19 by Blimpyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) Hi not much help but from the photo date, i think shows OP-K, L9967 of 32 otu patricia bay canada maybe as it is an OTU the bomb is a dummy ? but maybe this is what is in the next 1:48 icm kit the beaufort bomber ? cheers jerry Edited January 19 by brewerjerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 While it was a OTU, it was a British RAF OTU, not RCAF. I believe the bombs and torpedoes were supplied by the British and would be used in case on an enemy attack on the west coast. The bomb wouldn't be visible when in the bomb-bay, as the doors would probably be fully closed. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Hi i found a photo of raaf beaufort with 2000 lb bomb cheers jerry https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/016218 Edited January 20 by brewerjerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 minutes ago, brewerjerry said: Hi i found a photo of raaf beaufort with 2000 lb bomb cheers jerry https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/016218 That looks like a regular USAAF 2000 pounder, not the British armour-piercing bomb that's in the Carl Vincent photo I originally posted. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) 4 hours ago, dogsbody said: The bomb wouldn't be visible when in the bomb-bay, as the doors would probably be fully closed. I note that, in the ‘alternative bomb loads’ diagram above, the bomb seems to use a similar - if not identical - carrier (or rack, if one prefers) and crutch arrangement to that used to carry torpedoes. It also shows the bomb protruding outside the bomb bay interior. I presume, therefore, that the 2000 lb bomb would have required portions of the central and rear (and possibly front) sections of the bomb bay doors to remain open. Thoughts? Edited January 20 by Blimpyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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