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Feastie
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Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Thread started on: Mar 3rd, 2009, 1:52pm » |
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I'd like a copy of the photo of NA39 that was in Flypast last year to feature in a book out in July. The weight engineer was a chap called Ted Stocker, and he remembers the crash well 'cos he was blamed for it initially and later cleared! Ted won the DSO and DFC as a flight engineer, latterly working for De Havilland and Bristol Siddeley. Can anyone help?  Thanks.
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #1 on: Mar 3rd, 2009, 7:31pm » |
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Is this the one sat in the Tomato plants inside a greenhouse?
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #2 on: Mar 3rd, 2009, 7:44pm » |
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XK 488 ?
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #3 on: Mar 3rd, 2009, 8:02pm » |
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Dou you mean XK486 Sailor Parker and Dave Nightingale 
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Feastie
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #4 on: Mar 5th, 2009, 08:12am » |
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I only have sight of the photo in April 2008 issue of Flypast that says it is of XK488 and was a long-time gate guardian at the FAA museum. (That's where I learned of your society). Aircraft is clearly in a greenhouse, and number on the back by the tail does seem to show '488'.
Does anyone have a jpeg copy that I can use (obviously properly credited). Cheers
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #5 on: Mar 5th, 2009, 1:17pm » |
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Feastie, leave it with me, I remember the photo and we have close contacts with the FAAM, who have said picture in there archive.
I'll be back to you shortly.
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #6 on: Mar 6th, 2009, 12:22pm » |
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Great stuff. Will wait to hear from you. Feastie
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #7 on: Mar 6th, 2009, 3:30pm » |
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Quote Feastie  The weight engineer was a chap called Ted Stocker, and he remembers the crash well 'cos he was blamed for it initially and later cleared! Ted won the DSO and DFC as a flight engineer, latterly working for De Havilland and Bristol Siddeley. Can anyone help? Thanks. The crash is XN922 at RAE Boscombe Down 5/7/62 attempted take off crash. The Observer L/T Gwyn Jones with a civilian worker Mr P Wright were Killed, the Pilot is unknown to me
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Re: Photo of NA39 XK488, Hatfield crash
« Reply #8 on: Oct 20th, 2009, 10:34pm » |
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Hi sailor - my dad was david Nightingale - any info you have would be great
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