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    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    No such luck mate, but I'll bet there were one or two of my old schoolmates in that night. Was much better when it was the RamJam Club...
     
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    Better than photos I take today...<laugh>

     
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    The absolute 'diehard'...

     
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    Just for you @kiwiqpr a very young Radiohead...

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    When I was a kid every street had one of these, hours of endless fun...

     
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    Another operation down, another target hit.
     
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    All crews spent time at HCU's ( Heavy Conversion Units) before being posted to an operational squadron.

    Most crews spent time honing their skills and acquiring their flying hours on Short Stirlings. many did it the hard way by having to fly them on operations, in the earlier years.
    Short Stirling when loaded up with their bomb load, with have a maximum ceiling height of 10,000 feet.

    Halifax Handley Page aircraft would normally fly around 15,000 feet and Avro Lancasters, with the largest bomb load, would fly at around 20,000 feet.

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    What's left of a Short Stirling rear turret. this one from New Zealand 75 Squadron.
    It was common knowledge that the poor old rear gunner had the toughest job of all.
    Shut off from the rest of the crew, bouncing around in the dark with the aircraft dropping thousands of feet at any given time and then back up again, not to mention the cold air flowing in at -40 degrees, often freezing their guns, their hair on their face.

    Often, gunners ( what were left of them, were hosed out of the turrets ........... a sad fact.

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