Debach

[PETERTHEEATER]

[tarkey]

one of these boats is on display at Hendon Museum

[tarkey]

I got these from Hendon with their permission

[P Bellamy]

The lifeboat in Tarkey's images is the RAF's wooden Airborne Lifeboat Mk.1 (Hendon's example is a Mk.1A IIRC. The RAF Museum also have a post-war aluminium Mk.3 in storage)
USAAF SB-17s were fitted with the Higgins-built wooden A-1 Lifeboat.

All the best,
PB

[stevie]

Here's a selection of photos ive taken recently from a great visit to Debach with REF -










Found amongst the debris of the Mess Hall -










Part two coming up -

[Peter]

Wow that tower is beautiful!!

[stevie]

Second batch from my Debach visit -




















What a great airfield Debach was and still is. Many thanks to Rich for the company.

Cheers
Steve

[REF]

Excellent photos Steve, was a great day out.

Here is the 'Then and Now' we looked at while at the Ops Block.

c.1945


Same scene, 9 Nov 2012


I have also started working on the 493rd Bombardment Group Mission List, here are the first 11 missions flown. It will take a while to transcribe but I will post up the finised article when its done. (apologies about the quality, its a screenshot of my database)

[P Bellamy]

Found amongst the debris of the Mess Hall -

After REF handed it to me for cleaning:



Some work still to be done on this side:

[TommyUSA]

But but but - don't you ever watch Antiques Roadshow?? The patina!

T