The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Hello Wally, I just had a quick look at the US Army records on Fold3. There are some Sloan(e)s in there but to narrow the search or eliminate them can you make a guess at how old he was in 1950?

I can see your point, but there are of course missiles that home in on radar-emitting targets, and as the Oerlikon radar trailer has the scanner on its roof, I would NOT like to be sat inside the trailer when aircraft attack !!
However if an antiaircraft gun can lower its barrel/s down to the horizontal and lower, it can make a very good tank buster, as the Allies found out during WW2 when they were attacked on the ground by the Germans' 88mm guns
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I remember that the ex-Argentinian guns were given names, painted on in various places, such as 'Goose Green', 'Mount Tumbledown' and so on.

Going back to my old local airfield, Tollerton, I can remember in the 1950s several unissued Avro Lincolns standing for years on the dispersal pans. We would climb over the fence and play under and around them, but could never get inside them. Field Aircraft Services had a scheme to convert them into refrigerated meat transporters, to carry beef from Argentina, and at least one of the Lincolns had been converted, with a fatter fuselage, into a "Lincolnian", but it all came to nothing, and these lovely 'unused' aircraft were eventually scrapped. What a terrible waste !

After posting the 'Argentina' meat transport comments, I had a look on Wikipedia, to find that the first Avro Lincolnian was built not at Tollerton, but nearby at Langar, by Avro, before Field Aircraft Services became involved at Tollerton, and they were intended to be used to ferry meat from Paraguay. The Lincolnian was not just a cargo version of the Lincoln, like the Lancastrian was to the Lancaster. It had a very strangely shaped fuselage, with the lower side bulges looking almost like panniers. Also, because the bulky front 'greenhouse' gun turret/bomb-aiming glazing was gone, the aircraft looked very different to its Lincoln origins.

Thought I'd better introduce myself having joined up last week. My 30 mins fee WiFi in the Premier Inn didn't allow me to get much further My name's Al Henderson, living near Northampton. My dad was in the RAF and its him I blame for my interest in aviation, mainly focussed on 'spotting' but more and more getting interested in cold war history such as the Thors, bloodhounds, plans for armageddon etc.

Was driving up the A1 last week to see friends and passing places such as Wittering, Cottesmore, Woolfox Lodge etc rekindled my interest in old airfields etc. Harrington Thor site is my nearest site, which I'm hoping to visit one day.

Al.

Hi, I'm Andy. I came across this forum when I was doing some research on RAF Newton in Nottinghamshire, where I will shortly be moving into a new house being built on the site (I appreciate having read the Newton thread that the development probably isn't appreciated very much by many however I will be one person living there who respects the history of the place). I have been interested in military history, especially the RAF, for a long time and have found this site to be very interesting.

Welcome to the site Andy.

I'm sure our Newton experts TOB & Praesta will be along to help you with any questions.

Hello, I've been researching the airfields I was stationed at during and after the War. I was posted to Sturgate in December 1945 and stayed there 6 months as a batwoman. I was on 9 stations during my time in the WAAF 1943-47.
I haven't any technical knowledge but would be pleased to answer any questions (if I can) regarding the airfield when it was operational.

Came across this site by accident and have read some interesting posts concerning the old RAF Wilmslow and RAF Handforth (61 MU) units. I live in the area that these units I understand, once covered. Would like to see a map that details the extent of the RAF (MOD) land in the Wilmslow, Handforth and Cheadle Hulme areas.

Regards

Geoff