CCI Digest 824 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) by "John Grech" 2) Re: Hinchliffe (again) by "Morrell's Forge, Blacksmiths" 3) Re: Hinchliffe (again) by Nick Forder 4) W G R Hinchliffe War Service by "Captain Bigglesworth" 5) W G R Hinchliffe - Post War by "Captain Bigglesworth" 6) Hinchliffe by Nick Forder ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:13:30 -0000 From: "John Grech" To: "Discussion group" Message-ID: <002301c2d8c8$b7e08a40$b97c69d5@your9al5izx2s9> Thanks Hal, arrived this morning. John ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:30:09 -0000 From: "Morrell's Forge, Blacksmiths" To: Subject: Re: Hinchliffe (again) Message-ID: <00b701c2d8db$d26a1440$e60fbd50@z0d4e2> RE: Hinchliffe >From the book "The Airmen Who Would Not Die" by John G. Fuller ".........a German bullet had shattered the bridge of his nose and left him blind in the left eye. " " He flew for KLM and Inperial Airways, because of his eye patch, he liked to fly in the co-pilots seat on the right-hand side of the cockpit. This, he felt, gave him better visability." Regards Margaret ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:05:25 -0000 From: Nick Forder To: "'cci@mustang.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: Re: Hinchliffe (again) Message-ID: <059A77A01B10D611B19C00065B19D2F33F887E@EXCHANGE> Margaret Thanks for this. What is Hinchliffe's connection with R101, or is the connection 'messages from beyond the grave' ? -----Original Message----- From: Morrell's Forge, Blacksmiths [mailto:anthony@morrells-forge.co.uk] Sent: 20 February 2003 15:12 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [CCI] Re: Hinchliffe (again) RE: Hinchliffe >From the book "The Airmen Who Would Not Die" by John G. Fuller ".........a German bullet had shattered the bridge of his nose and left him blind in the left eye. " " He flew for KLM and Inperial Airways, because of his eye patch, he liked to fly in the co-pilots seat on the right-hand side of the cockpit. This, he felt, gave him better visability." Regards Margaret ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:48:12 +0000 From: "Captain Bigglesworth" To: cci@mustang.sr.unh.edu Subject: W G R Hinchliffe War Service Message-ID: Walter George Raymond HINCHLIFFE "Hinch" Born 10 June 1894 Went to Medical School, took a course in Dentistry He spoke four languages, was an avid reader, he could paint, he was strong and had gained a number of sporting trophies. A good mechanic, very good with cars, speed and engines Commissioned as Lieutenant, West Lancashire (Territorial) Army Service Corps 17 September 1914 Served in the Royal Artillery (?) from 1914-1916 Joined Royal Naval Air Service and trained at Redcar, Cranwell & Frieston Gained Royal Aero. Club Certificate No. 3595 21 September 1916 as Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service Served as an Instructor at Cranwell Central Depot & Training Establishment, clocking up 1250 hours in 13 months Joined 10 (N) Squadron in January 1918 3 February 1918 flying Sopwith Camel B6204 'ALLO! LIL BIRD' 10 Squadron RNAS. After raid on Rumbeke Aerodrome he forced down a red-nosed Albatros,which was seen to crash into a tree, SW of Aerodrome 3.15pm 26/27 February 1918 flying Sopwith Camel B7190 dropped four 16lb bombs on Abeele Aerodrome 7 March 1918 flying Sopwith Camel B7190 dropped four 16lb bombs on Zeebrugge 10 March 1918 flying Sopwith Camel B7190 brought down a German 2-Seater out of control near Roulers 2.45pm 1 April 1918 Royal Air Force formed, 10 (N) Squadron became 210 Squadron. W G R Hinchliffe was appointed Lieutenant (Honourary Captain) R.A.F. 3 April 1918 flying Sopwith Camel B7190 brought down a German 2-Seater, crashed in flames near Roulers 11.30 am 16 May 1918 flying Sopwith Camel D3387 brought down an Albatros C, crashed and burst into flames near Bailleul 11.45am 18 May 1918 flying Sopwith Camel D3387 brought down an Albatros DV out of control in the Neuve-Eglise area 10.45am 16 May 1918 flying Sopwith Camel D3387 brought down a 2-seater which spun and crashed North East of Armentieres 10.45am 3 June 1918 Injured when flying Sopwith Camel C62 210 Sqn, RAF. Night patrol attempting to intercept Gothas. Very dark, no moon, light ground mist.He attacked one machine that had been picked out in the searchlights over Hazebrouck. During this encounter he was shot through the forehead. As a result he crashed on top of a forest, Nieppe Forest-Dickebusch Lake 1.45am, machine over-turned and was badly damaged. He suffered severe facial injuries and lost the sight in his left eye. He wore a patch over this for the rest of his life. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross [London Gazette 1st January 1919] _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons http://messenger.msn.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:49:56 +0000 From: "Captain Bigglesworth" To: cci@mustang.sr.unh.edu Subject: W G R Hinchliffe - Post War Message-ID: Walter George Raymond HINCHLIFFE "Hinch" Resided; 1922 - 1924 11 Grove Park, Liverpool Held Air Ministry 'B' Pilot's Licence No.235 Had flown 40-50 types of Aircraft including; Avro, B.A.T., B.E. 2c, B.E. 2e, Bleriot, Bristol F2b, Caudron, Curtis J.N.4, D.H. 4a, D.H. 9, D.H. 9a, D.H.16, D.H. 34, Fokker F3, Grahame-White Boxkite, Handley-Page, Nieuport, Pemberton-Billing Scout, S.E. 5, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Dolphin, Sopwith 1½ Strutter,Sopwith Pup, Vickers Vimy. Vickers Vulcan His total flying time on 17 March 1924 was 5037 hours He usually occupied the co-pilot's seat when flying since it gave him a better view through his good right eye Made first civilian night-flight with a passenger from Lympne to Amsterdam 24 July 1921 Made a night-flight from Amsterdam to Berlin with a passenger in a D.H.9 23 July 1921 On 24 July 1921 completed Berlin-Amsterdam-London-Lowestoft- Lympne flight in 12 hrs 5 minutes flying time. On 19 May 1921 completed in one day Amsterdam-Golaenkirchon- Dortmund-London-Amsterdam flight, total flying time being 11¾ hours. Chief Pilot to K.L.M. 1922-1923 Chief Pilot & Paris Manager Dutch Manager Daimler Airlines. Joined Instone Airlines 1923 Flew to Copenhagen and all over Germany, Holland & Belgium as well as London-Paris Service Flew later with Imperial Airways 20 December 1926 flew the second Hercules to fly to Cairo, opening up Imperial Airways Eastern route. He had married a Dutch girl, Emilie, whom he met when he was Chief Pilot of the Royal Dutch Airlines and she was executive to the company's General Manager. He called her Milly or 'M', she was only 29 when he died. She called him either Ray or Walter. In 1928 he planned to fly the Atlantic from East to West, with the Honourable Elsie Mackay, millionairess daughter of Lord Inchcape, and London Stage and Cinema Actress aged 34. At 8.35am on 13 March 1928 the Pair left from his old airfield at Cranwell. He was flying a gold tipped winged and black fuselaged Stinson Detrioter monoplane named 'Endeavor', powered by a 200h.p. Wright Whirlwind engine. The aircraft had a cruising speed of 84 m.p.h. At 11.30 am there was a sighting of the aircraft over County Wexford At 1.30 pm the Chief Lighthouse-Keeper at Mizenhead, County Cork saw the monoplane over the village of Crookhaven, heading westward towards the Atlantic. This being some 400 miles west of their take-off point and appeared to be on direct northerly course for Newfoundland. Nothing further was heard and they were reported as Missing after a Trans-Atlantic Crossing Attempt. _________________________________________________________________ Chat online in real time with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:55:07 -0000 From: Nick Forder To: "Cci (E-mail)" Subject: Hinchliffe Message-ID: <059A77A01B10D611B19C00065B19D2F33F8893@EXCHANGE> David Thanks for this. All we need is a photo (or have you got one ?) and I think that this would be well worth writing up, if only for the website and not for the Journal. What do you think ? Nick ------------------------------ End of CCI Digest 824 *********************