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Old 20th May 2018, 09:37
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RAF Albacore at Aden

I'm looking for informations about Albacore used by Aden communication flight at the end of WW 2 I think.

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Old 20th May 2018, 10:32
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Re: RAF Albacore at Aden

Hello,

Two such were:

Albacore I BF588
Delivered 76 MU 17.3.42
RNARY Nairobi 11.42
796 Sqn Tanga ('M':'F') 11.41- 5.43
RNARY Nairobi 11.43
To RAF Middle East 28.2 44
Soroti to Juba with (Albacore) X9259, u/s on landing, white metal found in oil sump 7.44
Tested with new engine 2.11.44
To Malakal escorted by Anson AW858 from Kisumu 5.12.44
Aden CF 8.4.45-9.46.

and ...

Albacore I X9259
Delivered 76 MU 8.2.42
RNARY Nairobi 11.43
Soroti with BF588 7.44
To RAF 13.2.45
Aden CF 12.45-12.46
Overshot landing downhill, bounced on ridge, starboard u/c hit tree, swung, port u/c collapsed Mafid Cat 'A' 18.12.45 (F/O Zratanackovic RAF OK)
Engine trouble, forced-landed Khormaksar, Cat 'AR' 9.1.46

See:
FAA Aircraft 1939 to 1945
Sturtivant,Ray with Mick Burrow
Tunbridge Wells:Air-Britain (Historians),1995.
pp.141-2

There were others, such as: X9261, X9279, X9287 etc.

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Old 20th May 2018, 20:42
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Re: RAF Albacore at Aden

Alain,


You may want to check https://www.docdroid.net/c83ojgK/alb...125.pdf#page=5 with (all?) Albacores used in Aden at end of article.


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Old 21st May 2018, 09:03
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Re: RAF Albacore at Aden

Thank you very much Bruggy and Leendert !

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