tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post58412833298442229..comments2024-03-05T09:28:47.377-06:00Comments on Tails Through Time: The Reverse Lend-Lease of the Bristol BeaufighterJP Santiagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02743418658732808826noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-9627477618771173632014-06-07T22:37:07.494-05:002014-06-07T22:37:07.494-05:00Very nice.....here's a piece I wrote on a diff...Very nice.....here's a piece I wrote on a different version of the Beaufighter.<br /><br /> http://shortfinals.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/big-and-burly-a-plane-with-a-problem-its-a-bristol-beaufighter/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-87655526571088678372014-01-25T13:58:16.854-06:002014-01-25T13:58:16.854-06:00My father was in the first group of Canadian Radar...My father was in the first group of Canadian Radar mechanics to go through Clinton Ontario, training school. He was shipped over to England and from there to North Africa. He was with the RCAF attached to the RAF, attached to the USAAF. From what I've read here, I believe he was with the 416th Squadron, because he said he worked on Beaufighters and Mosquitos. If anyone has information about the 416th Squadron, I would appreciate any and all info..<br /><br />Thanks<br />Jim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-13047829101082736572013-06-25T22:50:55.258-05:002013-06-25T22:50:55.258-05:00Leather USAAF unit patches made see link below
ht...Leather USAAF unit patches made see link below<br /><br />http://s1334.photobucket.com/user/EMBLEMHUNTER/library/Patches<br /><br />Johnny<br />WeBeEmblems@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-2708822168393508832012-02-06T12:06:56.741-06:002012-02-06T12:06:56.741-06:00Bristol Beaufighter Lost Story
I am looking f...Bristol Beaufighter Lost Story<br /><br /> I am looking for an online story I read a few years ago, I have lost the link.<br /> I hope someone can redirect me to the story.<br /> The story was written by a USAAF Radar Operator in the Bristol Beaufighter.<br /> This of course puts him in one of the following squadrons: (414th, 415th, 416th and 417th Night Fighter Squadron)<br /> He describes harrowing missions over the Mediterranean. Including following a Ju 52 that was repatriating stolen treasures to Germany, shooting them down from behind.<br /> He & his pilot survived the war. However, his pilot took a flight in a captured german fighter, crashed the fighter and died.<br /> The writer then wondered who had it better; his pilot who died doing what he loved at the height of his adventurous youth, or someone like him who lived out his life watching his friends die and growing old. He pretty much decided the pilot had it better.<br /> I hope my description jogs someone's memory.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15716672049059483127noreply@blogger.com