Would it be something that was fitted to Halibags equipped to tow gliders, and would it be something to do with the release mechanism for said gliders?
L/O
Greg
"You can take the boy out of Wales,
But you cannot takes Wales out of the boy"
According to one who knows , it is the tow rope release, used to release the hawser prior to landing a Glider Tug Halibag, usually operated by the flight engineer. There is also a rumour that it was also the secondary armourment of a GT Halifax, (being unarmed and with little armour plate) According to the boffins and top brass the pilot could always 'use the tow rope to bring down attacking aircraft' ( the shackles on the end were quite heavy!).
ps for Greg 'Ewe can always take the boy out of Wales, but as for taking the boy out of the Sheep!
I'm glad to see a few of you got the EASY part to the question about the handle, but no one seems to have cracked the 2nd part, as to why it shouldn't be fitted (as seen above) to YAM's Halifax LV907.
...because it only had three propellor blades on each boss, and the tugs had four on each. Also the one at YAM has the propellors on back to front, and towing anything would become problematical.
Would it be that only Mk Vs towed gliders? and YAMs LV 907 is a Mk III.
Technical bit for WEBMISTRESS, the props are not on back to front, they are most likely props from Merlin engines fitted to the Hercules engines. (A lefthand screw is always a lefthand screw, whichever way you look at it.)
I'm enjoying these threads, Ian et al, keep it up.
Comments noted Cees - i promise to keep a poker straight face from now on, and i also promise not to sit at the back of the class giggling like a schoolgirl.
Is there anything else i should note in order not to make you frown any more?
L/O
Greg
>Greg,
>Let's stick to the topics please, shall we.
>This is getting boring and doesn't help serious threads to develop.
>Cheers
>Cees
"You can take the boy out of Wales,
But you cannot takes Wales out of the boy"
My Halifax connection? Dead easy and boring that one i'm afraid!! I came into contact with Foster about, weeeee, 7 or 8 years ago, and his love of the Halibag rubbed off on me a little. I used to do quite a lot of the "background" research for him on kites that he was going to dig up, although i will hastily add that it's rare that you'll see me out at crash sites!! I'm a paperwork man essentially - generally speaking the devil will be ice-skating on the frozen coals of Hades before you'll see me getting my hands dirty at a crash site. I'm a Yorkshireman by birth too, so there's something of a Halifax connection there - i was bought up in the village of Linton-on-Ouse, and used to cycle past Rufforth and Clifton on my way to school every morning, so there's another little connection there too. In my formative years i was seeing a girl who lived just off the airfield at MArston Moor, so there's yet another Halifax connection there. Does that answer your question?
As for my love of Lancs, as heinous as it may be in these wilderness parts, it's easy to explain!! My Grandad flew in them during the war with 100 Squadron. I need no other reason than that for loving the old Avro bucket!! I have a lot of the Lancaster squadron ORBs, all the Form 78 and 1180s, and a good number of Lancaster 'K' Reports and Escape and Evasion Reports, so you'll note that i'm no swagger when it comes to the Lanc. However, you'll likely be more interested (being the Halibag man that you are) to know that i have all the Halifax Form 78s and 1180s, as well as all the Bomber Command Loss Cards, which of course includes the Hallies.
So Cees, do i pass the test??! lol
L/O
Greg (just back in from a hard night's graft and having a tipple!!)
"You can take the boy out of Wales,
But you cannot takes Wales out of the boy"
