CCI Digest 842 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) FW: [AB-IX] Digest Number 952 by Nick Forder 2) JS Bradley by Nick Forder 3) Re: Coal Aston AAP by Nick Forder 4) Mespot by Nick Forder ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 07:45:32 -0000 From: Nick Forder To: "bapclist@egroups. com (E-mail)" Cc: "Cci (E-mail)" Subject: FW: [AB-IX] Digest Number 952 Message-ID: <059A77A01B10D611B19C00065B19D2F33F89BB@EXCHANGE> Any of you who knew the aircraft engineer and rebuilder Maurice Brett, particularly of fame through Jackaroo G-AOIR and latterly Taylorcraft G-BPRX, will be very sorry to learn that he passed away on the 6th March after struggling with cancer for over a year. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:01:51 -0000 From: Nick Forder To: "Cci (E-mail)" Subject: JS Bradley Message-ID: <059A77A01B10D611B19C00065B19D2F33F89C0@EXCHANGE> Can anyone help Matthew with this, please ? "A long time ago I bought a WW2 RAF officers uniforn with a WW1 observers brevet and ribbons, and with a Cadet forces medal ribbon up. It was named to J. S. Bradley and a very old note I did at the time liked him to a observer J. Bradley who was WIA 16 May 1918 with 55 squadron, which I think was Independant Force. I have lost all my notes on him bar this - could you have a go at putting flesh on the bones for me?" Thanks Nick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:04:44 -0000 From: Nick Forder To: "'cci@mustang.sr.unh.edu'" Cc: "Barry Abraham (E-mail)" Subject: Re: Coal Aston AAP Message-ID: <059A77A01B10D611B19C00065B19D2F33F89C1@EXCHANGE> Ian Is the book by the Norton History Group still available, and is there any chance of a copy of the Water Works site plan ? Many thanks Nick >From Ian at Aeroventure and the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum. I have some info on No2 ARD Coal Aston or Green Hill Camp or Norton Aerodrome (not to be confused with the WW2 Barage Balloon site)mainly from the book by the Norton History Group. It does have a copy of the RAF Museum photo of DH9 C1322 as well as a Fleet Strutter F7590 and fleet Camels under repair. I also have the Water Works detailed site plan of all the sites with each building marked as to what its use was. The site was quite large and even had a Wren narrow guage Loco to move engines from the engineering site to the erection sheds on trhe airfield ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:13:55 -0000 From: Nick Forder To: "Cci (E-mail)" Subject: Mespot Message-ID: <059A77A01B10D611B19C00065B19D2F33F89C3@EXCHANGE> AJ Barker wrote a book on Mespot called 'A/The Bastard War' which, I assume, is not the Kut book under a different title ? I know someone who has a copy, his father having served with the Machine Gun Corps in Mespot. Which reminds me, 'Machine Gunner' edited by Critchley (?) contains passagers relating to the service of the editor with 136th Company MGC, 7th Div (from memory). I have a copy anyway. Nick ------------------------------ End of CCI Digest 842 *********************