Bucaneer crash on the Ark Royal
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Going through my recently passed Dad's stuff, I've stumbled upon several pics of a Buccaneer which hit the arrestor net on the Ark, the recovery and an image of actual event itself happening. They're originals so not sure if worth anything to any collectors.
They're covered in Red ink stamps on the rears with dates and words to the effect of not being suitable for release in public.
Will I get in trouble if I post them, along with other pics with red ink on them here?. They date from when the Ark had Buccaneers, obviously.
They're covered in Red ink stamps on the rears with dates and words to the effect of not being suitable for release in public.
Will I get in trouble if I post them, along with other pics with red ink on them here?. They date from when the Ark had Buccaneers, obviously.
- apologies for incorrect spelling in the title.Should be 2 "c"'s.
texaxile said:
Going through my recently passed Dad's stuff, I've stumbled upon several pics of a Buccaneer which hit the arrestor net on the Ark, the recovery and an image of actual event itself happening. They're originals so not sure if worth anything to any collectors.
They're covered in Red ink stamps on the rears with dates and words to the effect of not being suitable for release in public.
Will I get in trouble if I post them, along with other pics with red ink on them here?. They date from when the Ark had Buccaneers, obviously.
following!They're covered in Red ink stamps on the rears with dates and words to the effect of not being suitable for release in public.
Will I get in trouble if I post them, along with other pics with red ink on them here?. They date from when the Ark had Buccaneers, obviously.
- apologies for incorrect spelling in the title.Should be 2 "c"'s.
They'll be crown copyright, but really who is going to check? The original, assuming it wasn't binned years ago, will be in a cabinet somewhere gathering dust. As they're unlikely to have been digitised there's no means of automatically detecting the brazen flouting of copyright unless you hand yourself in at the local nick.
I’m going to out on a limb and say it’s fine to post or sell.
They will have been Crown Copyright and restrictions applied at the time as the background of the photo may have detailed things such as aerial fit on the carrier, or other such classified info.
Airbrush re-touches to remove lumps, bumps and antenna from ships and aircraft has been going on since WW1.
As every aircraft type, and the ship itself have been long scrapped I doubt very much if there will be a knock at the door for sharing.
This document in my possession should no doubt gave ever left the base.
The intelligence value of an air navigator’s log sheet for a raid on Essen in 1944 is dubious now.
They will have been Crown Copyright and restrictions applied at the time as the background of the photo may have detailed things such as aerial fit on the carrier, or other such classified info.
Airbrush re-touches to remove lumps, bumps and antenna from ships and aircraft has been going on since WW1.
As every aircraft type, and the ship itself have been long scrapped I doubt very much if there will be a knock at the door for sharing.
This document in my possession should no doubt gave ever left the base.
The intelligence value of an air navigator’s log sheet for a raid on Essen in 1944 is dubious now.
BrettMRC said:
I have a feeling I saw some images similar to the ones you are describing at the RAE / Farnborough Air Sciences Trust museum a few years back.
Might be worth a call to them as well.
There will be a lot of very similar pictures; carrier aviation is hazardous and every prang will have been recorded by a petty officer photographer.Might be worth a call to them as well.
Stick Legs said:
I’m going to out on a limb and say it’s fine to post or sell.
They will have been Crown Copyright and restrictions applied at the time as the background of the photo may have detailed things such as aerial fit on the carrier, or other such classified info.
Airbrush re-touches to remove lumps, bumps and antenna from ships and aircraft has been going on since WW1.
As every aircraft type, and the ship itself have been long scrapped I doubt very much if there will be a knock at the door for sharing.
This document in my possession should no doubt gave ever left the base.
The intelligence value of an air navigator’s log sheet for a raid on Essen in 1944 is dubious now.
One of my jobs in the Cold War RAF was repairing and testing Tornado taileron powered flying control units. We weren’t allowed to talk about them outside of work, and at the time they were worth about £100k. I now have one in my garage. With paperwork and in the official container. They will have been Crown Copyright and restrictions applied at the time as the background of the photo may have detailed things such as aerial fit on the carrier, or other such classified info.
Airbrush re-touches to remove lumps, bumps and antenna from ships and aircraft has been going on since WW1.
As every aircraft type, and the ship itself have been long scrapped I doubt very much if there will be a knock at the door for sharing.
This document in my possession should no doubt gave ever left the base.
The intelligence value of an air navigator’s log sheet for a raid on Essen in 1944 is dubious now.
As I posted above, op, times change.
Tony1963 said:
One of my jobs in the Cold War RAF was repairing and testing Tornado taileron powered flying control units. We weren’t allowed to talk about them outside of work, and at the time they were worth about £100k. I now have one in my garage. With paperwork and in the official container.
I've always been of the opinion that "Quadruplex Electrohydraulic Actuator" would be a great name for a band. You can just imagine Bob Harris introducing them on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Superb planes btw.
On a surface ship attack run they’d fly so low all you could see was a white water fan tail and black unburnt fuel plume behind it, hard to spot the actual aircraft….
Extremely strong airframe too which could take the buffering and stresses of low high speed flying without degradation.
On a surface ship attack run they’d fly so low all you could see was a white water fan tail and black unburnt fuel plume behind it, hard to spot the actual aircraft….
Extremely strong airframe too which could take the buffering and stresses of low high speed flying without degradation.
HarryW said:
Superb planes btw.
Extremely strong airframe too which could take the buffering and stresses of low high speed flying without degradation.
Until it didn’t. As a result of the Red Flag incident I spent quite a few hours with my finger wrapped in abrasive paper, stuffed into a small hole, prepping the wing spar for NDT. Extremely strong airframe too which could take the buffering and stresses of low high speed flying without degradation.
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