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Title: RAF Santa
Post by: xbrit on December 27, 2013, 11:02:50 AM
Delivering presents to Dutch kids in Volkel 1944.
(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x132/xbrit58/1477984_698496846851944_1866580518_n_zps4eb30b8b.jpg) (http://s187.photobucket.com/user/xbrit58/media/1477984_698496846851944_1866580518_n_zps4eb30b8b.jpg.html)
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: Scherf on December 27, 2013, 05:29:11 PM
That was the "Hongerwinter" - those kids were especially lucky, clogs and all.
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: expat on December 29, 2013, 11:24:29 AM
Looks like santa took a hit on his way there ,look at the roundel .
Bloody grinch!!!!
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: Bodhi on December 29, 2013, 05:05:57 PM
Quote from: expat on December 29, 2013, 11:24:29 AM
Looks like santa took a hit on his way there ,look at the roundel .
Bloody grinch!!!!

I think that's a bow in the girl's hair.

Neat photo though!
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: Shifty on December 29, 2013, 05:59:26 PM
Somebody needs to give santa a sandwhich
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: wpeters on December 29, 2013, 08:10:35 PM
Is that a tempest in the background
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: xbrit on December 29, 2013, 10:32:40 PM
Taken at the same base and same period.
(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x132/xbrit58/large_zps57cf951b.jpg) (http://s187.photobucket.com/user/xbrit58/media/large_zps57cf951b.jpg.html)



An aircrew officer and a guard on night duty listen to a choir, composed of the ground crew of No. 122 Wing, singing Christmas carols by a Hawker Tempest in a dispersal at Volkel airfield (B80), Holland, conducted by the Wing's Padre, Squadron Leader K J Morgan.
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: expat on December 30, 2013, 05:01:19 AM
X Brit is the guy in the scarf :)
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: xbrit on December 30, 2013, 09:28:32 AM
Quote from: expat on December 30, 2013, 05:01:19 AM
X Brit is the guy in the scarf :)
nobody asked you numbnuts !!!
How you doing not seen you forever?
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: expat on December 30, 2013, 11:48:39 AM
Not so bad matey on a break from the game .Ive moved again am now back at Thumrait .
Hows u ? good i hope .
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: LCADolby on December 30, 2013, 01:03:05 PM
This is a great picture of xbrit in his younger years :P
Title: Re: RAF Santa
Post by: xbrit on December 31, 2013, 10:14:50 PM
Quote from: LCADolby on December 30, 2013, 01:03:05 PM
This is a great picture of xbrit in his younger years :P
I drive around town now with a coat hanger stuck in my scarf just to get the correct effect.