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Guillows Series 900 - Typhoon by jgood. Viewed 884 times.
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| jgood | 22-Dec-17 10:57 | | Merry Christmas, all! |
| jgood | 22-Dec-17 11:10 | | Santa Claus (Leading Aircraftman Fred Fazan from London) hands out presents to Dutch children at Volkel, 13 December 1944.
This is Hawker Tempest Mk.V W2-A (NV700) based at B.70 Volkel Air Base near Uden, Netherlands. (possibly flown by Wing Commander Evan Mackie (DSO, DFC)
Members of No 122 Wing had saved their sweet ration for weeks, and contributed enough money to give the children their first proper Christmas party. It was noted by the photographer that this year Santa was afraid of Messerschmitts, so he decided to come by RAF Tempest!
(Photo source - IWM CL 1729)
Royal Air Force official photographer
Clark N S (P/O) |
| rgood | 22-Dec-17 12:08 | | I was 18 months old then James! Nice pic. |
| Creosotewind | 22-Dec-17 12:45 | | Merry Christmas James, and all. And thanks for maintaining this great site. |
| Don C | 22-Dec-17 13:53 | | Merry Christmas to you to James and as Creosotewind said, thanks for keeping the site going. |
| Xanadu | 24-Dec-17 10:01 | | Merry Christmas James, and to all! |
| mlriley540 | 04-Jun-18 22:49 | | Great photo. Great piece of history. |
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