Requests for information

Here are requests for help received by the editors via email etc

REQ.1

MikeyF recieved this request and if anyone can add any info please get in touch
I am currently filling a lot of my time researching for the Vickers Viscount Network and would like to pose a question for perhaps some of your local members of similar age.
A book was recently published by Air Britain on the Viscount, and there is a reference to c/n 265 registered G-AOYP which states that it was painted in Nile Valley Air Services colour scheme and rolled out at Cardiff Airport 11th October 1982. The proposed lease was not subsequently taken up, and it returned to British Air Ferries service. Would you know of anyone who possibly remembers this event, or better still managed to photograph it?
I would be extremely grateful for any information you or your members could provide."
any info please email mikeyf@talktalk.net

REQ.2

I'm after peoples logs from yesteryear to enter on the this site ..if you have anything logged for "todays" date from years gone by please send it to one of the editors so it can be entered on the BLOG ...no log is too small!!!regards - IanG

REQ3

I would like to add some photographs to compliment Stu's excellent article on the Wales Air Museum, if you have any and would like to see them on the site please contact me via email ..Ian G iangrinter@btinternet.com

REQ4

I am the current custodian of DH Hornet Moth G-ADND and am researching its early history. I was wondering if you might be able to help with some detail about a period of almost four years spent at RAF St Athan between June 1940 and April 1944. The aeroplane is still airworthy and its war time history is as follows:

4th August 1936 - Registered to The Fairey Aviation Company Ltd

22nd February 1940 - Impressed as Serial No. W9385.

23rd February 1940 - Delivered to No. 3 Coastal Patrol Flight, RAF Hooton Park , for use on anti-submarine "Scarecrow Patrols".

25th June 1940 - Delivered to No. 39 MU, RAF Colerne.

29th June 1940 - Dispatched to RAF St Athan.

30th June 1940 - Released to RAF St Athan and used jointly by No. 4 School of Technical Training and No. 32 MU.

29th April 1944 - Delivered to No. 5 MU RAF Kemble.

May 1944 - Delivered to de Havilland for M.1 checks.

14th September 1944 - Returned to No. 5 MU RAF Kemble.

7th February 1945 - Released to Vickers Armstrong Ltd for company use.

1st January 1946 - Returned to No. 5 MU RAF Kemble for disposal.

24th June 1946 - Sold and restored to the UK Register as G-ADND.

The period of almost 4 years spent at St Athan is not very well defined. I have checked the Operations Record Books for 32 MU and No.4 School of Technical Training and there are no records of any aircraft movements. I do however have some extracts from an RAF flying log book belonging to a Sdn Ldr Adderley with entries between May 1941 and May 1942 recording visits by him and a Wng Cdr Bathurst to various stations associated with the Pilotless Aircraft Unit (PAU) based at St Athan at that time. ORBs for Manorbier and Aberporth also record visits from these two but without any reference to a particular aeroplane. Historical write ups for RAF Bases, including St Athan, do not seem to mention the PAU.
I did try and locate an archivist at St Athan, but without much luck and also, with the help of Jane Bissett t, took the aeroplane back to the station in August 2009. There was a write up in the Llantwit Major GEM and the aircraft movements are recorded in the SWAG Trip Log for 10th August.
I don't know if the above is of interest to you and/or if you would be able to help with extending my knowledge during the relevant period. If you can I would be most grateful and I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Best regards,

David Weston

REQ5

I was told in the mid 70's of a Heinkel 111 that had come down in the sea off the coast of Gileston during WWII (near the current location of the Power Station). The tail of the aircraft so i'm told could be seen on days when the tide was at it's lowest ..Anyone have any more information about this please ..IanG