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Index to the Tangmere Logbook Contents of The Tangmere Logbook, from No. 1 (Autumn 2007) through No. 18 (Summer 2016) No. 1 (Autumn 2007) Editorial Reginald Byron Notes from My Logbook Part 1 of an autobiographical memoir, Royal Air Force Tangmere, 1929-1930 Air Marshal Sir Anthony Selway, KCB DFC Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, USAF, 1922-2007 RAF No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron Commander, Tangmere, 1948-1949 Reginald Byron Flying Spitfires Lettice Curtis The Water Meadow An SOE flight that got stuck Sir Robin Hooper, KCMG DSO DFC From the Director Alan Bower From the Curator David Coxon Letters, Notes, and Queries Neville Duke anecdotes, Harry Irving’s supersonic conversion, further advice to American GIs, Sunderland miscellany, the Memorial Meteor, the mystery of the Pagham Harbour Typhoon, and Photo Quiz No. 2 (Summer 2008) Notes from My Logbook Part 2 of an autobiographical memoir, Royal Air Force Tangmere, 1929-1930 Air Marshal Sir Anthony Selway, KCB DFC An Acquaintance with “Bud” Day, a Remarkable Man Group Captain David Baron, OBE The Water Meadow An SOE flight that got stuck, conclusion Sir Robin Hooper, KCMG DSO DFC Letters, Notes, and Queries 2 The Seletar Sunderland, Gordon Mitchell’s true story, our Tangmere gardeners, the National Service (RAF) Association, Argosy mishap, words of advice to American GIs, how the crew of the “Twentieth Century” dropped in for tea with Miss Cheney, the strange story of the Pagham Harbour Typhoon, and Photo Quiz No. 3 (Autumn 2008) Editorial Reginald Byron Notes from My Logbook Part 3 of an autobiographical memoir, Royal Air Force Tangmere, 1929-1930 Air Marshal Sir Anthony Selway, KCB DFC Most Secret The Air Transport Auxiliary ferries very special Lancasters Lettice Curtis Swallows, Vampires, and a Black Day at Farnborough The development of the de Havilland jet fighters, the achievement of supersonic speed, and the tragedy at the 1952 Air Display Mike Stanton and Mike Jones The U. S. Navy Spitfire Squadron The story of the 57-day life of Squadron VCS-7 Ron Jones with Robert J. Adams The Red Albatross An aerial encounter with von Richthofen in 1917 Air Vice Marshal Stanley Vincent, CB DFC AFC From the Director A German widow’s wishes are honoured after 68 years Alan Bower Letters, Notes, and Queries Hands across the Atlantic, Nick Berryman: In Memoriam, The flight sergeant’s bicycle, Adventures of a fighter plotter, The AOC’s inspection, Dan-Air remembered, More on the Argosy mishap, Our eagle- eyed readers spot the Hornet, and Photo Quiz No. 4 (Summer 2009) Notes from My Logbook Part 4 of an autobiographical memoir, Royal Air Force Tangmere, 1929-1930 Air Marshal Sir Anthony Selway, KCB DFC Our Brother’s Lancaster The historical and personal story behind the Museum’s model of Lancaster SR-U David and Colin Burleigh 3 RAF Smash Tank Lair in France A Lancaster makes a dead-stick landing at Tangmere Bob Wingrove Too Late on Target A crashed Lancaster and a 200-mile walk to Switzerland Raymond Barlow Letters, Notes, and Queries Bombs and scissors, The Far East by Dakota, Running for the RAF, Up a mountain, Geoffrey Page’s embarrassing prang, and Photo Quiz No. 5 (Autumn 2009) Silver Wings Learning to fly under the Arnold Plan Flight Lieutenant Fred Pawsey, DFC Aerobatics for Beginners As taught to RAF trainee pilots in the USA Riddle Aeronautical Institute Henry Chaney’s Gun Camera A family connection to one of our 1914-1918 exhibits is explained Martin Buley Tangmere and Operation Bolero A detachment of Lockheed Lightnings, less one, arrives here in 1942 Reginald Byron My War Story The extraordinary memoir of a Polish soldier and airman Emil Andrzejewski Letters, Notes, and Queries BFTS cadets who didn’t make it home, No. 1 Squadron’s pointed markings, Up in a strange-looking aeroplane, More Aden ditchings, Wapitis over Chichester, and Photo Quiz No. 6 (Summer 2010) George Bennions, DFC — Fighter Pilot One of “The Few” Brian Bridges Tangmere, 16 August 1940 The day Tangmere aerodrome was heavily bombed David Coxon The Portsmouth Blitz The city is defended by Tangmere’s fighter squadrons 4 Graham Spiller At Tangmere with No. 145 Squadron How Tangmere’s mechanics and riggers kept them flying Eric Marsden Seventy Years Ago . Recollections of life on fighter stations during the Battle of Britain Fred Pawsey, DFC Photo Quiz A Spitfire and a Hurricane No. 7 (Autumn 2010) A Grand Day Out Bailing out of a Lightning, as told to grandchildren during a visit to the Museum Air Commodore Terry Carlton “Get a picture of it!” The crew of a Coastal Command Catalina encounter a strange submarine Robert Smallman Apuldram: An Airfield by Chichester Harbour The colourful life of an Advanced Landing Ground David Coxon and Dudley Hooley Foxtrot Delta One-Three-Seven, Suez 1956 A neophyte goes operational Colin Richardson Letters, Notes, and Queries An aircraft carrier gets lost; the Brown Job; Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle; Hope or Aitken?; Snippets from our archives; and Photo Quiz No. 8 (Summer 2011) Tales from Tangmere Tower Animals and aircraft are generally considered not to mix too well, and other observations M. J. Estall Mosquitoes in Snow: Memories of Tangmere in 1947 Why a Royal flypast didn’t happen Gerald Coombe Snapshots from my Father’s Albums Tangmere and No. 1 Squadron’s Furies before the war Ian Hodkinson Letters, Notes, and Queries 5 Wrong-way moon men; The RAF’s secret heroes; Home on the range; More about Japanese submarines; Memorial poem; Operation Rip Tide; Corrections and clarifications; The Beast with Five Fingers; and Photo Quiz No. 9 (Autumn 2011) Who Shot Rommel? A letter found in the Museum’s archives provokes new questions Reginald Byron Tangmere Remembered Waiting for D-Day with No. 412 (RCAF) Squadron Edward L. Prizer An Airfield by Pagham Harbour: RAF Selsey Typhoons, Spitfires, and an unscheduled visit by a Liberator David Coxon How the Battle of Britain Was Won Myths, legends, and facts about three famous fighters, Part One Matt Wright St Andrew’s Churchyard, A Last Resting Place The first in an occasional series on the war graves at Tangmere George Galazka Letters, Notes, and Queries My life as a plotter; Christmas on Christmas Island; Other uses for Meteor pilots; Vincent meets Olds; The story of a Hurricane; Arthur and Peggy; and Photo Quiz No. 10 (Summer 2012) Tangmere and the Dieppe Raid Seventy years ago and seventy miles across the Channel, Tangmere’s squadrons covered Operation Jubilee David Coxon Some Jottings by Buccaneer Bill Reminiscences of a favourite aeroplane Bill Walker The Birth of Radar How two boffins and the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force saved our country in 1940 Mike Jones How the Battle of Britain Was Won Myths, legends and facts about three famous fighters, Part Two: Hurricane and Bf109 Matt Wright Letters, Notes, and Queries 6 More snow on the runway; Adventures in personnel selection; Lady Hill and me; A Sea Vixen conks out; An Aussie and his flying machine; and Britannia dips her toes in the sea No. 11 (Autumn 2012) What Became of the Gallant Dr Willey? Caught in the fall of Singapore, he cared for his fellow PoWs Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork The Wright Flyer in France, 1909 Rare photographs of an historic event that led to Blériot’s famous feat Mike Jones Butcher Birds over Worthing Two little-known tip-and-run Luftwaffe attacks on the town in 1943 Tony Gardiner The Origins of the Second Wave of Remarkable Second World War Fighters Part One: The Hawker Typhoon-Tempest and the Focke-Wulf 190 Matt Wright St Andrew’s Churchyard, a Last Resting Place Part 2 of an occasional series George Galazka No. 12 (Summer 2013) The Central Fighter Establishment at Tangmere Preparations are made for the invasion of Japan in 1945 Reginald Byron The Origins of the Second Wave of Remarkable Second World War Fighters Part Two: The North American Mustang Matt Wright Karel Kuttelwascher, My Uncle A personal memoir Mimi Kuttelwascher Chanova Letters, Notes, and Queries A schoolboy is buzzed by the Luftwaffe, Champagne cascade, and the other Flying Fortress No. 13 (Autumn 2013) The Record-breakers of 1953 Four World Air Speed Records are set in a remarkably busy year David Coxon 7 Neville Duke as I Remember Him An acquaintance with our late President David Baron Adventures of an RAF Cinema Projectionist Chance encounters with Astra cinemas at home and abroad, and one with Ava Gardner Phil Dansie Pictures from My Father’s Album . of some interesting historical moments Stan Hayter Operation Beef How to provoke official displeasure by pranging yet another pampered Vampire Eric Mold From Our Archives . Three famous photographs the pilots of “A” flight, 161 Squadron, in 1943 Letters, Notes, and Queries Seafires on D-Day; More Vampire engine troubles; and Is it an Me210A or Me410? No. 14 (Summer 2014) . from Charles Dixon’s Diary A personal record of life on the Western Front in 1917-18 David Coxon Jet Fighters of the Second World War, Part 1 Meteors, Me262s, Shooting Stars, and their precursors Matt Wright The Swift Souvenir Book Photographs of the successful air speed record attempt in Libya, 1953 Courtesy of Les Cobbett Tangmere and Operation Neptune The air cover plan for D-Day, and Tangmere’s part in it Andrew Smith Letters, Notes, and Queries The Hunter that wouldn’t land, and Over the Andes No. 15 (Autumn 2015) The Wrong Side of the Channel How my Spitfire was shot down, and how I got back home, Part 1 James Atterby McCairns 8 Getting My Feet Wet Wading ashore on a Normandy beach in the wake of the invasion Molly Keen Jet Fighters of the Second World War Part 2: Gloster Meteor and Lockheed Shooting Star Matt Wright Letters, Notes, and Queries A visit with Tim Elkington; A query about air raid sirens; and witnessing Tangmere’s last days of operational flying No.
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