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{s:TopicNav|Deenethorpe in the snow 2012|ForumNew.T1369|ForumNew.T0935|ForumNew.T0917|ForumNew.F01|ForumNew.T0915|ForumNew.T0895|ForumNew.T0005} {| class='ForumTopics' ! Posted !! Message |- | '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>2/9/2012 12:18:09 PM | Some snowy snaps from this afternoon:<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS1.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS3.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS2.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS9.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS7.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS8.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS5.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS6.jpg' /><br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401%20pix/DPS4.jpg' /><br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> |- | '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>2/9/2012 2:55:26 PM | Hey Paul,<br/> <br/> Thanks for posting those pix's there great. One could imagine those walking around Station 128 during this time of the year.<br/> <br/> Don <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> |- | '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>2/9/2012 3:39:41 PM | Ta Don,<br/> <br/> This one looked better in monochrome:<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/DPRg1a.jpg' /> <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> |- | '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>2/9/2012 6:33:23 PM | I've been advised that the previous photo is worth giving a second glance... 😉 <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> |- | '''win-win''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>2/9/2012 6:52:55 PM | Brilliant, Paul,<br/> were you holding the runway beacon for them at the time?<br/> Win <br/><br/><br/> |- | '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>2/9/2012 6:55:09 PM | Nah, he's got the flaps coming back up for a go-around.<br/> Some idiot with a camera in the roll-out area apparently.<br/> 🙂 <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> |- | '''Jackie Sharp Sheflin''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>2/10/2012 10:29:35 AM | Paul,<br/> <br/> Love that second look!!!<br/> <br/> Jackie <br/><br/><img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://www.donald-byers.com/JackieSharpSig.jpg' /><br/> |- | '''Josie''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>2/10/2012 2:00:24 PM | Very Coooooool! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!<br/> <br/> Josie 🙂 <br/><br/><br/> |- | '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>3/8/2012 7:38:29 PM | Forgot to add this photo at the time:<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/BHTrailerFeb12.jpg' /><br/> <br/> RAF/WD type Brockhouse 3-ton trailer chassis, same as used for the runway caravan at Deenethorpe.<br/> In fact I thought for a minute that there might have been a slim chance it was the remains of the actual runway caravan used by the 401st, but sadly the drawbar is a different pattern:<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/401Mobile.jpg' /><br/> <br/> However, the same type of chassis was used for Pundit Light trailers, which flashed the airfield code letters:<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/FLT2.jpg' /><br/> <br/> It's unclear whether Deenethorpe actually had a Pundit light (there should have been one, but I've not yet seen it in a photo) but there was certainly another trailer at Deenethorpe with the same Brockhouse 3-ton chassis, the Chance Light (runway floodlight) trailer which is the lighthouse-shaped thing seen at the bottom of the "snow photo":<br/> <br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/ramc181/DSPc3.jpg' /><br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> |}
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