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A diary report by John Beavin (80Sqn) © John Beavin PR786/5R-U Tempest F2 33Sqn Gütersloh (ca. 1948) Early recordings from RAF Gütersloh are really rare. In war time Roman numerals were used in the names of the aircraft. Therfore we may define this aircraft as Tempest MkII or F2. From 11/30/1947 until 02/07/1949 33Sqn […] by Hush Kit The dream of a supersonic STOVL (Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing) fighter has been striven towards for over half of the history of heavier-than-air flight. When the F-35B enters service with the USMC, at some point after 2014, it will be a very significant event. Lockheed Martin will have succeeded where […] From Paul Long: My Father, 2Lt Philip James Long served with 4 Squadron Royal Flying Corps in France in 1916. He was shot down on 4th December 1916 flying a Be2c (I think). He was wounded, but recovered and later flew Bristol Fighters. I would like to try and find out a bit more about […]User HaPe33378 has some great videos about Gutersloh on youtube, including this one featuring yours truly 4 seconds in! From an HFA Newsletter: A message from Graham James from the Harrier SIG asking for help. I’m in the Harrier (IPMS) Special Interest Group. I’m trying to find out the name of the pilot on the side of this aircraft in the photo below. Apparently ZG532 is flying somewhere in Belize in 1993 (according to […] Here’s a list of the Harriers that were based at Gutersloh from 1982 to 1992. Thanks Spotting Group Gutersloh! Click to view and download the pdf #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ 233 OCU RAF Wittering 29 June 1982 3 Sqn GR3 and 4 Sqn T4 en route to Akrotiri 1989 3 Sqn GR3 and 4 Sqn T4 en route to Akrotiri 1989 Three photos from the 1980s by Charles Watson. The OCU at Wittering in 1982 (why are there two Harry Karls in the middle?) and a 3 Sqn GR3 and 4 Sqn T4 en route to Akrotiri in 1989. Thanks Charles! Home video of Gutersloh flying in the sixties. No Harriers then, but plenty of F-4s, Hunters, Lightnings, Wessex and more. Thanks to our friends at Spotting Group Gutersloh for this. Thanks to Steve Walker for sending me a couple of dozen photos from 1984/85. They’re all in the Harrier GR3 section of the Gallery. (Not sure why these previews are rotated, but the photos in the album are fine…) […]
ItsNotWar from One F on Vimeo. Includes excerpts from the final UK Harrier GR9/T12 flight on 15 Dec 2010, during which a 16 ship formation was flown. Includes RF 10-3, Auriga 10 and RAF Wittering/Cottesmore. Jerry Pook’s book, RAF Harrier Ground Attack – Falklands, is now available online. Here’s the ad from the publishers: During the Falklands war Jerry Pook, a pilot in No. 1(F) Squadron RAF, flew air interdiction, armed recce, close-air-support and airfield attack as well as pure photo-recce missions. Most weapons were delivered from extreme low-level […]From John Hickie: Went into All Saints Church, Stamford, today and the Sqn Standards have reached their final resting place. Photos are attached. (The 4 Sqn Standard is masked in the first photo by 1 Sqns. Some might say “right and proper”!) John. […]Former Hawker Chief Test Pilot Duncan Simpson talks to Pat Malone about the long life and untimely demise of the Harrier Published here with the kind permission of AOPA UK. Duncan airborne in one of a pair of Kestrels in 1964 Duncan Simpson in retirement At a time when we are consigning […]Thanks to Pete Mears for finding these! Hi Chris, A sweet and sour event last Friday at RAF Wittering – a pleasure meeting up with old colleagues again, but sad watching three fine Squadrons disband, with no firm commitment to either 1 or IV Sqn reforming any time soon. At RAF Wildenrath circa 1972, a […] |
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