MILITARIA

[Hugo]

A tribute from St Tysilio's Church    Llantysilio

[SteveH]

HMS Prince of Wales:

The Royal Navy's aircraft carrier will complete its journey from Portsmouth Naval Base later today.

The 65,000 tonne vessel which has a company of 700 sailors - increased to around 1,600 with aircraft on board - will be in the city for a week-long stay.

Live updates   https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/hms-prince-wales-pictures-arrival-17829057

[SteveH]

Yesterday I checked the Plane finder site  https://planefinder.net/  and noticed a large number of RAF aircraft, over Wales and England,
both fixed and rotor, I thought definitely, taking advantage of the empty, clear sky's............

RAF Valley releases statement over complaints about flight training during the coronavirus lockdown
Military chiefs explain why pilots from the Anglesey base must to continue to fly Hawk and Texan training aircraft over North Wales skies.

Military chiefs at RAF Valley have released a statement explaining why pilots need to carry out their flight training over North Wales during the coronavirus lockdown.

The good weather during April meant they were clearly seen and heard and prompted locals to ask politicians why the the Royal Air Force was continuing to carry out flight training during the Covid-19 lockdown.

"Following the Prime Minister's announcement on 23 March there was a short pause in flying training to assess the impact of COVID-19.
"Essential flying training at RAF Valley on the Hawk aircraft recommenced on 31 March and on the Texan aircraft on 14 April.
"The delivery of all training will remain under constant review as the situation changes."

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/raf-valley-releases-statement-over-18178981

[SteveH]

The plane left RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire this morning before flying past North Wales and up to Scotland.  ref DP

It carried out a number of exercises around Prestwick Airport before returning south.

The plane then carried out a number of exercises focusing on Liverpool John Lennon Airport, which saw the aircraft circle over Liverpool, the Wirral and the North Wales coast.

The impressive aircraft, which entered operational service in 2014, has the ability to carry a 37-tonne payload and can also operate at altitudes of 40,000ft.


RAF Airbus A400 Atlas military transport aircraft seen flying over North Wales (Image: RAF)

[SteveH]

This is shameful, no matter what the cause, they do themselves no good whatsoever, this type of protester has other agendas.   

https://www.rafbf.org/bomber-command-memorial/about-memorial   .........sculptures of a Bomber Command aircrew

55,573 young men died flying with Bomber Command during World War Two; that's more than those who serve in the entire Royal Air Force today

Maintaining the Memorial
As custodians of the Bomber Command Memorial, the RAF Benevolent Fund is responsible for the memorial's maintenance and upkeep. We receive no government funding, so we rely on the kind generosity of our supporters to help us with its upkeep.

[Blongb]

This is shameful, no matter what the cause, they do themselves no good whatsoever, this type of protester has other agendas.   

Sadly, when I worked in West Africa, there was a saying, "You can take them out of the Jungle, but you can't take the Jungle out of them."

[SteveH]

The last resting place of an Anglesey-built fast raiding vessel featured in a 1951 film has been pinpointed by sonar in a new survey by experts at Bangor University.

Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) 539 was designed and built on the Menai Straits 75 years ago. It could travel at almost 50mph driven by three large Packard V-12 petrol engines.

It was 75 feet long and carried twin torpedo tubes on each side and an array of heavy machine guns and it was the UK’s first all-aluminium Royal Navy boat.

The wreck has been surveyed using multibeam sonar by a team from Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences who are mapping the seabed off the coast of Wales as part of their ongoing research and will feature in the innovative O Dan y Dŵr – Hidden Seascapes of Wales project which features a range of underwater sites around the Welsh coast.

Cont.......... https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/historic-wrecks-resting-place-anglesey-18700684

[SteveH]

Re: North Wales News..................Red Arrows TODAY ? FLYPAST
« Reply #87 on: Yesterday at 04:41:23 PM »
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Quote from: SteveH on Yesterday at 02:36:05 PM
UPDATE on above.

LIVE: Pictures and updates from Red Arrows display at RAF Valley
The aerobatics team are having a training rehearsal over Anglesey   ref DP

Pictures and videos.......  https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/live-pictures-updates-red-arrows-18762824

Well Llandudno just had a Red Arrows fly past, complete with coloured smoke, and looks like they are heading home to Scampton, along the coast ..                            stock photo, came over to fast         

I did not realise yesterdays flypast was in honor of a local hero...............


Red Arrows perform breathtaking flypast for a North Wales Battle of Britain hero
The acrobatic display team saluted Flt Lt Glyn Griffiths who shot down six German aircraft during the autumn of 1940, two of them in one day.

The Red Arrows paid a special tribute to a North Wales war hero by performing a flypast over his home town.
Flight Lieutenant Glyn Griffiths DFM, from Llandudno was a Hurricane pilot in the Battle of Britain.

"Born in 1918 in the town he worked at Llandudno Urban District Council’ s gas department before joining the RAF just before the war.

A sergeant during the Battle of Britain, flying with 17 Squadron, Glyn was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM). The London Gazette of November 1940 announced the award of his DFM: "This airman has shown splendid courage and initiative in his attacks against the enemy. He has destroyed at least six of their aircraft, two of which were shot down in one day’".

The Mayor of Llandudno, Cllr Angie O’Grady said: “We were thrilled and honoured to see the Red Arrows in the skies above Llandudno today.

"Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Glyn Griffiths is one of the town’s most famous sons and it was very poignant for us to see the fighter pilots of today’s RAF fly over the town to remember one of their own.

"We are very grateful to the RAF for arranging this very special flypast. “

Griffiths had not recovered from his injuries before the war ended. He retired from the RAF in 1946 as a Flight Lieutenant and died in 1983.

Full article......... https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/red-arrows-breathtaking-flypast-north-18766027

Photos over the Orme and West shore....... and note the shadows on West shore beach......

[SteveH]

A poor quality screen shot from the pioneer, but a photo of the Red Arrows over Llandudno's , Oval, worth keeping for future interest.

[SteveH]

Looking for more photos of the flypast without success, I did find this remarkable picture.

[SteveH]

Rare pictures give a glimpse into what life was like in North Wales during the Second World War
The new images have come to light in the year we mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nostalgia/rare-pictures-give-glimpse-what-19179695

[DVT]

Has anyone else noticed that, when they open up a link to a Daily Post item, there are many links to other things ... many of them are years old.  On the link that Steve has posted there is one news item that is dated 2012.

Is the Daily Post that far behind in getting the news?

[SteveH]

A very noisy plane has just passed over Llandudno, a quick check on Planefinder .............

ZM415 Airbus A400M Atlas C.1                    Information  https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/atlas-c1-a400m/

[SteveH]

RAF Globemaster call sign RRR 840 based at Brize Norton, on circuit training, just flown over Llandudno .

[SteveH]

Second story today...slight chance of a sighting, some unidentified jets passed Conwy this afternoon 

Red Arrows to fly over North Wales this afternoon - here's where and when you can see them
The elite pilots are taking to the skies to carry out rehearsals at RAF Valley

The aerial display team are here for pre-season training on the Hawk T1 simulator.

The elite pilots are due to leave Valley at 3.55pm passing west over Llanerchymedd at 3.57pm.

They will be travelling over Flintshire towards the north of Wrexham at 4.06pm.