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Originally Posted by John McKenzie
Leicester Tiger.....Thanks , ...Nice of you to say all that ...............Leicester T.....It was VERY hot on the day , needed quite a few "orange squashes " to keep cool.....You would have been sweltering in that "RFC mechanics" overall....There were staff from the "arts" ? departement there for the photo shoot , dressed in RFC etc. uniforms , but they didn't look too comfortable in the heat , in collers and ties.......(I was supposed to wear a tie ...Orders from ' er indoors , but I got away with it as it was so hot !  ).........What with everything going on , I didn't get much of a chance to photograph the FE myself , and , anyway , the lighting was a bit dark for GOOD shots .....If you get to take any good ones , I 'd love a copy or two .....as I remember , you'r just around the corner to RAFM ?.....(I hate the traffic , driving up there ! )....Regards..John. |
Hi John, I used to live round the corner in the 1917 RFC Officers Mess, but only for a year before moving to Leeds, now i'm based in Leicestershire again and will be commuting down to London for my last year of University. Hoping to visit the RAFM soon though, i'm travelling down to RFC Stow Maries so will go to Hendon on the way back.
For the past two years on the weekend nearest the anniversary of the RAF's formation on 1st April there's been a living history event at the museum - this year we and other RFC guys did 22 Squadron with the Bristol F2b, however if it's on next year i'll be hopefully working the FE2b as our 'backdrop', especially as the night bombing squadrons are of great interest to me (currently working on a book about Handley Page bombers in WW1, hence the interest)