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RAF Benson post WW2
« on: July 04, 2010, 08:44:05 AM »
Thought members would like to see this set of images I have. They are of RAF Benson after WW2, this Unit was the home of RAF Photographic Reconnaissance from 1940. These images were taken from 1945 to 1956 and show the various reconnassiance aircraft used, there is even a Lancaster PR.1 (still carrying out research on this one).
I have had the images for a number of years and apart for only putting a couple of them on my site, they have not been seen before.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/Mosquitos1.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/Meteors.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/GroundshotMosquito.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/GroundshotMosquito7Mar46.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/Groundshot-Spitfire8May48.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/GroundShot8-17Apr52.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/GroundShot1-01Jul52.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/matzos/RAF%20Benson%20Post%20WW2/Spitfires.jpg
RAF Benson post WW2

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Re: RAF Benson post WW2
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 08:49:54 AM »
This is the beautiful set of images :-clap Please tell me some more info about the light color on Mosquito, fuselage code letter 'Z'

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Re: RAF Benson post WW2
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 01:49:33 PM »
This is the beautiful set of images :-clap Please tell me some more info about the light color on Mosquito, fuselage code letter 'Z'
I will check my notes and what I can find. I do know that it is not a reconnaissance type

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Re: RAF Benson post WW2
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2010, 04:22:40 PM »
 :-clap :-clap :-clap
Great images Mick, Thanks  :-flo

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Re: RAF Benson post WW2
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2010, 08:54:39 PM »
Extraordinary images :-tri :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave

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Re: RAF Benson post WW2
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2010, 09:16:22 PM »

Thanks for sharing the images Mick.

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Re: RAF Benson post WW2
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 06:25:01 PM »
Thank you all.
This is the beautiful set of images :-clap Please tell me some more info about the light color on Mosquito, fuselage code letter 'Z'
The mosquito is VT589 a T.3 dual control trainer variant with 58sqn she was painted training yellow all over.

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http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/77/9/1/85

I hope this works I'm doing all this on my iPhone  :-wall

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Re: RAF Benson post WW2
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2010, 06:28:15 PM »
Thank you :-clap