..... on 14th September 1945, my father was the pilot of this very aircraft and......
..... on Monday, courtesy of the Collings Foundation (https://www.collingsfoundation.org/) I had a flight in it - a rather emotional event from which I am not yet fully recovered.
KH191 by John Liddle, on Flickr
Although tricked out as "Witchcraft", a very famous US Liberator (which no longer exists) under the paint the aircraft is in fact KH191 - an RAF Liberator, which saw out the end of the war as part of 8 Squadron, flying out of Ceylon (as it then was).
My Dad only flew it on one occasion, but fly it he did. It is amazing that two of the planes he flew should have survived - he also flew the static example in Pima Air & Space Museum (https://pimaair.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobC...SAAEgIgHfD_BwE) in Arizona.
It was a bit of a risk flying all the way to the US to take the flight (weather might have cancelled it) - but one which turned out to be very worthwhile.
..... on Monday, courtesy of the Collings Foundation (https://www.collingsfoundation.org/) I had a flight in it - a rather emotional event from which I am not yet fully recovered.
KH191 by John Liddle, on Flickr
Although tricked out as "Witchcraft", a very famous US Liberator (which no longer exists) under the paint the aircraft is in fact KH191 - an RAF Liberator, which saw out the end of the war as part of 8 Squadron, flying out of Ceylon (as it then was).
My Dad only flew it on one occasion, but fly it he did. It is amazing that two of the planes he flew should have survived - he also flew the static example in Pima Air & Space Museum (https://pimaair.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobC...SAAEgIgHfD_BwE) in Arizona.
It was a bit of a risk flying all the way to the US to take the flight (weather might have cancelled it) - but one which turned out to be very worthwhile.
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