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Re: RAF landing track plates
Thanks: if you click on one of the pictures you get a thread with the following advice
There are two pages of nice line drawings of Sommerfeld Mat Type ; Irving Grid Type; PSP Type; and Bar and Rod Type tracking. in Michael J.F.Bowyer's Action Stations Vol 1 Military airfields of East Anglia. http://publications.drdo.gov.in/gsdl...ca.dir/doc.pdf The book doesn't state how or where the Irving Grid type was used. This was an American design and not commonly used. I've not seen any reference to it for runways.in the RAF. If you don't have the book contact me offline, but I've also found the following |
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Re: RAF landing track plates
hello graham,
i have been on that site but those are the american ones here is my email address send me an email and i will forward a picture of my part that i brought back from area of kent when i went to england and i received it from a farmer who lived close by a airfield they used it as fence what i am looking for is a ordinary picture where you can see them on the field as i am bussy to make a display of it i would like to show the people what it was used for here is my email address phil_mertens@yahoo.co.nz |
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