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RidgeRunner Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Nice, Nikos. I remember seeing a few of these in Larissa, Athens and other bases. ‘622 was one of the last in service Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikos Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Yes Martin now is an anniversary aircraft 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Nice ! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Very nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Lovely looking Dak, love the colour scheme ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Super work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Nicely done,.... I had the pleasure of looking over a few of these at Sedes during a detachment to Greece when the 1990`s nastiness kicked off next door! Cheers, Tony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 This looks lovely, you've got a great finish with your paintbrush. Cracking work. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruskin Air Services Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Nice result Nicos, always like to see a Dakota in a different scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikos Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Thank you guys. Tony in Sedes airport was the squadron No355.1 with Dacotas. Sedes has psp runway the last in Europe (I think) In 1981 at southeast place of runway there were many retired Dacotas. There were too on road Thessaloniki-Perea (suburb near Thessaloniki) 2 Dacotas cuttted in pieces like salami sold as metal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikos Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) One of them is using as cafeteria in area near the national road Thessaloniki -Katerini and the second yellow-blue is a beerhouse in Athens Edited May 2, 2021 by nikos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Fantastic, nice to see these pics and the pics of the real ones. True workhorses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, nikos said: Thank you guys. Tony in Sedes airport was the squadron No355.1 with Dacotas. Sedes has psp runway the last in Europe (I think) In 1981 at southeast place of runway there were many retired Dacotas. There were too on road Thessaloniki-Perea (suburb near Thessaloniki) 2 Dacotas cuttted in pieces like salami sold as metal. When I was at Sedes there was a big pile of broken Dakota`s in the middle of the airfeld,..... a friend and I went for a walk and crawlied in and around them,.... as you say I believe they have since been dragged to the the edges of the airfield. I still have a few souvenirs such as a fuel cap cover and a canvas pocket from the cockpit bearing the original USAAF stencils,...... I also believe that one of the flying aircraft that I went in crashed a week later, killing the crew? The base museum was excellent too with a few more Dakota`s including a VIP aircraft, plus F-86`s, F-102`s, T-33, a Noratlas etc, Your countrymen really looked after us during our trip, especially up in the mountains along the then Yugoslav border,..... and crikey it was cold!!!!I have since been back to Greece many time,.... but under more peaceful circumstances! Cheers Tony Edited May 2, 2021 by tonyot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikos Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) Tony, I do not know if there was another NATO exercise in SEDES after 1981 but a similar exercise took place between 1980-81. The Dakota were parked on both tracks of SEDES, before their withdrawal. And I know this because I was at that time a student of the military aviation school which, as I noted, appears with the red outline in your photo. I remember that at that time an exercise took place in Sedes and English soldiers with Land Rover etc came and camped in the grove in front and to the left of my School (as you can see in the photo) right next to the monument to the fallen pilots of Mona. They had set up the tents in the grove and had put camouflage nets on top. We saw them during the breaks and if I remember correctly, maybe a group of our students visited your camp to see the variation you made. Dakota with the accident I think happened in 1990 Video greekTV for the accident https://youtu.be/MGOoWyZ5uys Edited May 2, 2021 by nikos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tonyot Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, nikos said: Tony, I do not know if there was another NATO exercise in SEDES after 1981 but a similar exercise took place between 1980-81. The Dakota were parked on both tracks of SEDES, before their withdrawal. And I know this because I was at that time a student of the military aviation school which, as I noted, appears with the red outline in your photo. I remember that at that time an exercise took place in Sedes and English soldiers with Land Rover etc came and camped in the grove in front and to the left of my School (as you can see in the photo) right next to the monument to the fallen pilots of Mona. They had set up the tents in the grove and had put camouflage nets on top. We saw them during the breaks and if I remember correctly, maybe a group of our students visited your camp to see the variation you made. Dakota with the accident I think happened in 1990 Video greekTV for the accident https://youtu.be/MGOoWyZ5uys Hello,.... I was at Sedes in the early 1990`s,.... it was VERY low key and some of the men stationed at Sedes were sent on leave due to our presence,.... we stayed in their barracks opposite the loction where the Dakota`s were parked.. I cannot really say much more on an open forum. We visited lots of military sites up on the border area and your countrymen were VERY glad to see us and VERY welcoming. We flew in and out of nearby Micra on RAF Hercules. Cheers Tony Edited May 2, 2021 by tonyot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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