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Hastings TG602


12 January 1953 Hastings C1 TG602 crashed after take off from Fayid [near to Shallufah] when both elevator and the tailplane broke away all 5 crew and 4 passengers died

 



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The earlier post was an excerpt from my late father F/Lt Herbert 'Bert' Mills' memoirs.

I still have that coin, somewhere. Scary!

I'm attaching some old photographs, a couple hand-coloured by my dad, that would have been taken around that time.

At least one them shows the ill-fated TG602, in which he flew many times.

The shot in Abingdon was taken from the caravan site where I lived as a small boy at the time.

If anybody can identify the men in 'civvies' alongside my dad, in uniform, posing along the Suez Canal, I would be delighted. I suspect that the second man from the left may be F/L Ray Foreman?

Any other memories of him at that time would be appreciated. A private message woiuld do.

TIA,

Richard T.

Hastings dropping parachutes-2.jpgHastings taking off at Abingdon, as seen from caravan site 1951.jpgHastings taking off.jpgHastings TG602  in North Africa.jpgHerbert 'Bert' Mills, centre,  and RAF colleagues on the Suez canal.jpgParachute drop in North Africa.jpgParachutists in North Africa.jpgRAF group with Hastings.jpg



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In the film 'Red Beret' they show Paras flying along in DC3's but in fact jumping out of a Hastings TG602 at 1 hour 8 minutes as here 

https://youtu.be/kwNsJ7BnfEM?t=4082



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https://twitter.com/TrevClark1958/status/1217378162969128961



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Thanks to Richard Mills, again for these pictures of TG602 taken in North Africa

Hastings North Africa 1950s close up.jpgHastings North Africa 1950s.jpg



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