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Title: WW2 yarn
Post by: 78bex on 19 March 2014, 22:24:34

Never heard of the US airfield  Mount Farm, Oxford.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&list=LL-FVfPqpU3jUz6PANryzwYg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&list=LL-FVfPqpU3jUz6PANryzwYg)

Title: Re: WW2 yarn
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 20 March 2014, 16:37:46

What a great piece of history on film! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Excellent find! :y :y :y :y :y

Title: Re: WW2 yarn
Post by: redelitev6 on 20 March 2014, 17:23:02

 :y Nice film , those pilots were VERY brave 

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Post by: henryd on 20 March 2014, 19:57:09

I very much enjoyed that,thanks for posting it :y :y

Title: Re: WW2 yarn
Post by: 78bex on 20 March 2014, 23:52:14

what a sweet old guy  :) just happened to have a piece of his old spitfire in the closet. :y

I spotted this upload as one of the favourites of a Aussie You Tube member. We were all extolling the virtues of the Morris marina a while back & one of my comments referred to my Aussie cousin sending foto`s to me of his BL Morris 1500. Searching on You Tube for a video of the car in question I found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2OBgwQ8ks4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2OBgwQ8ks4)

So at first glance, it looks like the old BL 1300 we all remember; but is that a MAXI 1500 engine in the thing ??? along with a taller looking front end.

Dig deeper in this blokes channel & look at his play lists for a V8 rebuild & one of my favorites his renovation of the Wolsley Farina 24/80 only in the land down under they got the smaller bodied car with the 6 cylinder engine as standard kit. He covers a lot of technical issues & appears to know his onions.

His channel is here if you`re interested  :y
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-FVfPqpU3jUz6PANryzwYg/videos  (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-FVfPqpU3jUz6PANryzwYg/videos)

Title: Re: WW2 yarn
Post by: TheBoy on 21 March 2014, 08:43:47

Being from near the area, and Mrs TB's family all from Oxford itself, I was aware of RAF Mount Farm. This is now a "new" village of Berinsfield, and we have a member who lives there.

Title: Re: WW2 yarn
Post by: TheBoy on 21 March 2014, 08:53:21

But what a touching piece of film, moreso as I'm off to France in the summer, on the 70th Anniversary of the landings

Title: Re: WW2 yarn
Post by: 78bex on 22 March 2014, 01:40:25

Quote from: TheBoy on 21 March 2014, 08:43:47

Being from near the area, and Mrs TB's family all from Oxford itself, I was aware of RAF Mount Farm. This is now a "new" village of Berinsfield, and we have a member who lives there.

I suppose that must be the fate of these old airfields, going back a few years ago my mum walked me around the remains of RAF Holmsley south Airfield in the New forest. She spent time at Holmsley during 1945. I think it`s all been returned to nature now.