EAW000463 ENGLAND (1946). Luton Airport and environs, Luton, 1946
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| Title | [EAW000463] Luton Airport and environs, Luton, 1946 |
| Reference | EAW000463 |
| Date | 3-May-1946 |
| Link | |
| Place name | LUTON |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 511796, 221390 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.37567321656561, 51.879414276047 |
| National Grid Reference | TL118214 |
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 Darley Hall |
 brian |
Tuesday 7th of October 2014 10:02:44 PM |
| Think this might also be a Vickers Windsor Prototype as it has 4 engines and a single fin, but can't make out any other details |
brian |
Tuesday 7th of October 2014 09:59:40 PM |
| De Haviland Mosquito.
Percivals manufactured many Mosquitos at Luton, I'm researching Mosquito PF 393 which was built at Luton August/September 1944, which was destroyed the night of the 25/26th September 1944 while return ing from a raid onMannheim.
It crashed at Mignaut NE of Mons Belgium,
It took off from Gransdon Lodge Cambridgeshire although it belonged to 692 Squadron Pathfinder force and was actually based at Graveley close by.
The New Zealand Pilot and the Australian Navigator were both killed. |
brian |
Tuesday 7th of October 2014 09:56:41 PM |
| Spitlesea Isolation Hospital |
brian |
Tuesday 7th of October 2014 09:45:56 PM |
| Crawley road |
brian |
Tuesday 7th of October 2014 09:15:37 PM |
Eaton Green Rd I think. |
markking |
Thursday 6th of August 2015 03:04:16 PM |
| Unusual aircraft, prototype that didn't go into production maybe ? |
Martin D |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 11:41:29 AM |
It's Vickers Windsor prototype one of only 3 built from 1943, it had 4 engines and a top speed of 317mph, it was dropped when it was decided the Lancaster would meet the role, however they did try it with 4 x 20mm cannon, something all our bombers were lacking but needed badly. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Windsor |
brian |
Tuesday 7th of October 2014 09:13:29 PM |