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No - I genuinely doubt anybody even saw it - he probably came from Holland and the radar coverage was iffy on that side. There was bugger all here to shoot at it with anyway. The picture turned up after the war. The detail and info on it is remarkable. The only 'error' is the site numbers of the RAF base, and I doubt it was of any importance that they used the right number if they tried to bomb it. The town only got four bombs in the end - somebody got jumped on the way to Liverpool one night and dumped them to make a run for it.. By pure fluke, two of the bombs fell on what was then a tank factory..

Steady, don't you know there's a war on? I'll take a picture of it one day and post it. I often wonder if anybody even saw them. The shadows suggest that it was about nine in the morning.

Very nice. Is that a Tempest below it?

Sad news - commiserations from me to all concerned.

An excellent qualification for posting on here...

I took a Kavanagh bus into Portlaoise in the late 90s and got roped into handing the parcels out as we went along..

I picked up one of those, too - I'll have to build a shed to construct it in first.. Always been intrigued by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel since I read his book. Hasegawa used to do a 1/8th scale Fokker triplane!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24231077

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Excellent! Could be starting a trend..

Lucky she didn't use a line-prop....

Lovely. I have a reconnaissance photo of my house (+ other things) taken on 3/9/1940 by an 88 A-4. I've never been able to be sure of the actual aircraft involved - one day I might find out - I must get one of these in stock for that day...

I met Mick Martin, who flew AJ-P, about 1970. He didn't retire from the RAF until 1974.

Are you a Clare man?

Those paving blocks will be 100 x 200 mm - so the line at Ballybrophy is a tiny bit less than 200mm, but near enough..

Find a block-paved drive and scale it off this..

How old-fashioned. I saved one of these remarkable machines from the skip.. Do keep up with the times...

Indeed, I just had visions of you being a very early-adopter of computer technology..

For a minute there, I didn't believe you Then I realised that you meant from China, not from Canada....

I generally object to the constant, unnecessary and inappropriate use of the word 'stunning'. This layout, however, does merit such a description. And more!

This is interesting - http://planefinder.net/ - if you're ever wondering what's flying over your house. I had to pick two Americans up from Manchester a few weeks back - I watched them on here and set out as they flew over Holyhead - arrived five minutes after they emerged from the terminal..

I'm aiming for one of these, eventually..

I genuinely have one in the car + one in the portable kit and one in the house kit. It will cope with anything that you might survive. If I ever use one, then I'll take a picture for you...

Might be this sort of thing. The French instructions on the other side describe it as a 'tampon' (i.e., pad). But, I can't find a picture of that side. Useful thing to keep in the car and with the chainsaw...

Lovely..