Lovely pictures, as usual, chaps. Thank you! I am disappointed that Dover still doesn't advertise its great potential. Nothing seems to be well advertised until after the event.
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Good pics Colin - didn't see many of the others down there, just Ian and Guzzler !
Will post some of mine later :)
Been nice knowing you :)
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And me! I was there....
kinda of... did see the lovely Ian and missus and little one... Nigel, (wasnt elusive!) Guzzler and Humph...
and took some pics.. lets see if this works.. fingers crossed!
Had a nice old chat with the Chelsea Pensioners, and had a drink in the new sports centre.. and then directed some of the cyclists to a pub as they couldnt figure it out at the subway... Closest one won .. sorry!!
Had a very enjoyable afternoon at the seafront wih the family. Great to see the Spitfire perform a stunning display. A very proud moment seeing the guys come back on the landing craft from there fundraising efforts in France. They should end up raising over 1 million pounds for a very important cause. Finished off with the Red Devils parachute display which was amazing to watch. Well done to the Help for Heroes team.
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Absolutely gobsmacking photo of the Red Devils coming down linked together over a trio of ferries.
Best I have seen in many a long yonk, on a par with Guzzlers exceptional shot of the Red Arrows a few years ago.
On Dover Ferry Photos Forum thread below. Unfortunately I think you have to be a member to view it but only takes a jiffy to register and well worthwhile.
http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1025&p=6677#p6677Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Did anyone catch the Reg of the Spitfire, trying to find out which one it was ?
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This any use? It is a long range zoom upside down which I have turned right way up.
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Sorry Paul I didn't have my glasses on.
I can't upload any photos at the moment, having problems again.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
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Excellent thanks Ed - it is a star of the Battle of Britain Film:
Built by Westland at Yeovil and delivered to 12 MU on July 24th 1941. To 57 OTU on July 31st and transferred to 53 OTU on February 20th 1943. To 8 MU for storage on August 17th 1944 until struck off charge on November 30th 1945. This aircraft was never used in a combat role and only served with Operational Training Units but did suffer at the hands of fledgling pilots.
Sold to Gp Capt Allen Wheeler (who originally intended racing AR213 but this never happened) on March 10th 1947 and registered G-AIST but stored until 1967 when it was brought to flying condition for 'The Battle of Britain' film. Then flown by Allen Wheeler at Wycombe Air Park for several years before being sold to The Hon Patrick Lindsay in 1978
Following Lindsay's death on January 9th 1986, AR213 was sold in April 1989 to Victor Gauntlett, and Peter Livanos at PPS at Booker. Victor Gauntlett died in 2003 and AR213 underwent a major overhaul and reconstruction at PPS, Booker, High Wycombe and operated by Sheringham Aviation (Peter Livanos company).
Its flying permit expired in 2002 and it was decided to completely rebuild AR213 to give it another 20 years of airworthy life. Underwent an intensive and costly restoration by Personal Plane Services (PPS) to bring the aircraft as close to its original build as possible. First post-restoration flight was on 12th November 2007 from Booker, High Wycombe, still in primer and awaiting a new paint scheme. Repainted in authentic 57 OTU colours, coded JZ-E. This was the the colour scheme when Flt Lt James Harry 'Ginger' Lacey, who had shot down more enemy aircraft then anyone else during the Battle of Britain, was posted to 57 OTU for a rest as an instructor and flew AR213 as his personal aircraft and which was coded JZ-E.
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He certainly flew low and close! Very impressive.
I'm assuming it was a privately owned Spit and not a BOBMF plane? Looks like an early one to me, I'm guessing a Mk.V or earlier. Can't really remember...
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk IA, JZ-E (AR213) G-AIST - so yes an early one :)
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I noticed the unmistakable large exhausts that the Mk1 and 2 Spits had but did not believe that it was one of those, a rare beast indeed.
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Barry - just realised that I read about this Spitfire a couple of weeks ago.... it is currently the only airworthly Mk1 in the world, though there are currently restoration projects to get 3 more back to the skies.
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Have had an email from Martin Collins, webmaster of the Dover Lifeboat website:
http://www.dover-lifeboat.org.uk
He reads Dover Forum and has very kindly given me permission to post his spectacular and superbly composed photo of the Red Devils on here and on my fotopic site.
Thanks a lot, Martin.
Full size image on my fotopic website at:
http://shipsintheportofdover.fotopic.net/p65120538.html
Help for Heroes amphibious landing from RFA Largs Bay 2010:
http://shipsintheportofdover.fotopic.net/c1855013.html
Help for Heroes amphibious landing from HMS Bulwark 2008:
http://shipsintheportofdover.fotopic.net/c1521086.html
Spoof Russian raid on Dover inspired by disbelief that the landing from HMS Bulwark could have been so totally unadvertised:
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Excellent collection of pics there Ed, great pity the event was not publicised very well locally. Here's a few shots I managed.
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Well done guys with the pictures and posts here, excellent stuff. Ive added a couple of my own pictures now on the frontpage and mentioned this thread so hopefully the frontpage casual browser will also look in here. But yes indeed great pictures above there. Ah jeez thats Martin Collins...yes hi Martin. Martin supplies us with press info and pix re the RNLI.
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Picture and words from Steve Lamb our top fisherman on the spot...Steve has contributed to our frontpage before......Steve says...
What a day on the Admiralty Pier. The fishermen took a well earned break from the Mackerel and Bass to grab a burger and a coffee from the Kiosk while they watched the fantastic display from the Hurricane buzzing the Navy Ship. It really was that low, and at one stage came in lower than the light house over the breakwater !The addition of the landing craft plodding round the harbour added great credence to the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. This was all folowed up by a great parachute disply from the Red Devils. The wind was a bit gusty, to say the least, and its hats off to those Para's for getting down in one piece. On the bright side the North wind does help the fishermen cast a bit further. Nice Bream today and the Mackerel are still here.
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Paul - we were priviledged indeed, just a single flying Mk 1 - veteran of the Battle of Britain period (Mk 2's were being introduced during the battle.)
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Great picture`s from all above, and all the richer for having this forum here to show and discuss them, and all other event`s.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
. Ed I needed to talk to you and forgot about it ,if you see me again over the next week or two please stop me thank you.
