Various military images from the 1960s and 70s

[Comet102]

Various old photographs, most likely taken during the 1960's and 1970's. Quality varies from start to finish.

(c) Unknown Author - Gavin Badger Collection

(1) - Most likely taken between 1972 and 1991
N1042B - North American B-25 Mitchell by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(2) - Most likely taken at Luton during 1971
N7614C - North American B-25J Mitchell by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(3) - Most likely taken from at Heathrow during July 1970
CCCP-11719 - Antonov An-12BP by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(4) - Most likely taken between 1943 and 1979
N709Z - Douglas C-47B-20-DK by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(5) - Most likely taken between 1952 and 2003
D8096 - Bristol F.2 Fighter by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(6) - Most likely taken between 1961 and 1989
XR445 - de Havilland Sea Heron C.1 by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(7) - Most likely taken between 1965 and 2000
XS712 - Hawker Siddeley HS-125-T.1 Dominie by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(8) - Most likely taken from 1953 onwards at Lee-on-Solent
Unknown Hawker Sea Hawk (2) by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(9) - Most likely taken from 1953 onwards at Lee-on-Solent
Unknown Hawker Sea Hawk (1) by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(10)
Unknown Replica WW1 Biplane by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(11) - Most likely taken from 1954 at Lee-on-Solent
Unknown - Westland Whirlwind HAS.? by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(12) - Most likely taken during 1972 at the RNAS Yeovilton Naval Air Day
WW138 - de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(13) - Most likely taken between 1960 and 1962
Unknown Westland Sea King HAS.? by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(14) Most likely a Bristol Boxkite
Unknown Replica WW1 Biplane by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

[Comet102]

(15) - Most likely taken during May 1978 at RAF Bassingbourn

SE-CHP - North American AT-6A Texan by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(16) - Most likely taken during July 1970 at RAF Wildenwrath

104762 - Canadair CF-104 Starfighter by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(17) - Most likely taken between 1978 and 2003

101 - Fuji T-3 by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(18) - Most likely taken from 1951 onwards

91 - Saab 91 Safir by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(19) - Most likely taken between 1967 and 2003

42 - Saab 105 by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(20) - Most likely taken between 1959 and 2003

805 - Antonov An-12 by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(21) - Most likely taken between 1966 and 1975 at Pima

49-2908 - North American T-6G Texan by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(22) - Most likely taken between 1961 and 1987
12493 - Lockheed VC-140B Jet Star by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(23) - Most likely taken between 1962 and 1972

153416 - Lockheed P-3 Orion by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(24) - Most likely taken between 1953 and 1989

127 - 62-KH - Nord N2501 Noratlas by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(25) - Most likely taken during 1971 at RAF Upper Heyford

Unknown General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(26) - Most likely taken during 1971 at RAF Upper Heyford

Unknown McDonnell Douglas RF-4 Phantom II by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(27) - Taken during September 1949

VX784 - Avro 707 by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(28) - Most likely taken between 1971 and 1972

158005 - LTV A-7E-CV Corsair II by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(29) - Most likely taken during June 1968 at RAF Abingdon

WE600 - Auster C.4 Antarctic (T.7) by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

(30) - Most likely taken during June 1965 at Le-Bourget, Paris

XN714 - Hunting H.126 by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

[eLaReF]

Good series & variety

Image 15 might have been Bassingbourn in May '78 where SE-CHP appeared
SE-CHP N.American AT-6A Texan c/n 77-4524 ex 41-495 by eLaReF, on Flickr

Image 21 was presumably taken at Pima or in MASDC's predecessor to the current Display Row
My '74 shot
49-2908 T-6G by eLaReF, on Flickr

Behind it was this C-47, also now in Pima in '74 after a soujorn in MASDC
41-7723 Douglas C-47-DL msn 4201 by eLaReF, on Flickr

Is it just me, or have most of them been fairly heavily de-noised?

[1marshn30]

Hi Gavin
The F111E is from the 20TFW at Upper Heyford Possible at the open house in 1971 along with the German RF-4
Ni

[F3]

Some interesting subjects there. Believe the 'unknown replica WW1 biplane to be Old Warden's Bristol Boxkite. My favourite is the CF-104 in natural metal finish.

[PORTPHANTOM]

Think you'll find Heron is one BBMF had? looks like their hangar too. Interesting stuff, bit different to the norm

[clickaway]

(2) This B-25 Mitchell is actually N7614C and this shows it at Luton circa 1971.

(3) This An-12 CCCP-11719 looks like Heathrow. It visited there in July 1970.

(8) Sea Hawk FGA.6 WV828 coded 037, could well be Lee on Solent

(9) another Sea Hawk, probably Lee on Solent also.

(11) Westland Whirlwind at Lee on Solent

(16) This Canadian 104 104762 was present at the Wildenrath show July 1970 and the barriers match from another shot as well as being flanked by a Fiat G91 and a Phantom.

(27) Sadly, this Avro 707 VX784 was only airborne in September 1949 - it first flew and crashed in that month.

(29) Auster Antarctic WE600 on display at Abingdon June 1968. Other photos show the same aircraft in the background.

[clickaway]

As for the Heron - no that is a Royal Navy one, and the BBMF had a Dove rather than a Heron.

[Comet102]

Good series & variety

Image 15 might have been Bassingbourn in May '78 where SE-CHP appeared

Image 21 was presumably taken at Pima or in MASDC's predecessor to the current Display Row
My '74 shot

Behind it was this C-47, also now in Pima in '74 after a soujorn in MASDC

Is it just me, or have most of them been fairly heavily de-noised?

Thank you for the help. I think it's my scanner that's the problem, it's a 2-in-1 with my printer, they are much clearer in the flesh. All I've done to them is to crop and remove some hairs.

[Comet102]

Some interesting subjects there. Believe the 'unknown replica WW1 biplane to be Old Warden's Bristol Boxkite. My favourite is the CF-104 in natural metal finish.

Thank you. They were bought from an online auction with about 175 civilian types. I believe No. 5 is a Shuttleworth machine as well. Those two pictures were printed on the same type of paper.

Yes, I like the CF-104 as well, so much nicer than the later camouflaged one's.

[Comet102]

(2) This B-25 Mitchell is actually N7614C and this shows it at Luton circa 1971.

(3) This An-12 CCCP-11719 looks like Heathrow. It visited there in July 1970.

(8) Sea Hawk FGA.6 WV828 coded 037, could well be Lee on Solent

(9) another Sea Hawk, probably Lee on Solent also.

(11) Westland Whirlwind at Lee on Solent

(16) This Canadian 104 104762 was present at the Wildenrath show July 1970 and the barriers match from another shot as well as being flanked by a Fiat G91 and a Phantom.

(27) Sadly, this Avro 707 VX784 was only airborne in September 1949 - it first flew and crashed in that month.

(29) Auster Antarctic WE600 on display at Abingdon June 1968. Other photos show the same aircraft in the background.

Thank you very much . There is nothing written on the back of the photographs so I've had to guess using Flickr where possible.

[Comet102]

Hi Gavin
The F111E is from the 20TFW at Upper Heyford Possible at the open house in 1971 along with the German RF-4
Ni

Thank you.

[clickaway]

(30) The Hunting H.126 is at Le Bourget, Paris in June 1965. The attached photo does show it parked next to Jet Provost which is also visible in your shot.

https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive ... ng%20paris

Its only other public appearance was at Gaydon in 1966, and it is clearly not there.

[eLaReF]

Thank you for the help. I think it's my scanner that's the problem, it's a 2-in-1 with my printer, they are much clearer in the flesh. All I've done to them is to crop and remove some hairs.

Can only suggest having a look at your scanner settings and see if 'noise reduction' is ticked
In my early scanning days, I used it but soon realised the 'muddy' appearance was not what I wanted
I've done a quick demo
This is the original
XF797 Hunting Percival P-66 Pembroke C.1 msn PAC/66/77 by eLaReF, on Flickr


This one I overcooked the noise reduction!
Overdone Noise Reduction Sample by eLaReF, on Flickr

You can see the detail lost from the original and that's how I see yours
Hope this helps

[Comet102]

Thank you for the help. I think it's my scanner that's the problem, it's a 2-in-1 with my printer, they are much clearer in the flesh. All I've done to them is to crop and remove some hairs.

Can only suggest having a look at your scanner settings and see if 'noise reduction' is ticked
In my early scanning days, I used it but soon realised the 'muddy' appearance was not what I wanted
I've done a quick demo
This is the original

This one I overcooked the noise reduction!

You can see the detail lost from the original and that's how I see yours
Hope this helps

Hello, It doesn't have a noise reduction option but I've changed the resolution from 200 to 1200. The file size went from 337kb (943 x 649px) to 1.58mb (6132 x 4248px) then cropping using Photoshop it went to 9.13mb (5652 x 3882px)


A97-216 - Lockheed C-130A Hercules by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

[eLaReF]

I scan negs at 4,800 dpi if not 9600 and prints probably as you,1200 (File size around 30Mb after P/Shop finished - explains why my desktop uses 3Tb drives!!)
There is an argument that any image with more pixels across than your screen is a waste, but I'm looking to the future!!
Certainly an improvement - you can read titling.
Well done.

[Dan214sqn]

I scan negs at 4,800 dpi if not 9600 and prints probably as you,1200 (File size around 30Mb after P/Shop finished - explains why my desktop uses 3Tb drives!!)
There is an argument that any image with more pixels across than your screen is a waste, but I'm looking to the future!!
Certainly an improvement - you can read titling.
Well done.

Love that thought ! I have just had a very quick look at your Flickr albums and went straight to Farnborough , That Sea King in '68 ...wow

I started collecting slides last year and began making the them digital - https://www.flickr.com/photos/99068854@ ... 3131296098

[eLaReF]

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I started collecting slides last year and began making the them digital - https://www.flickr.com/photos/99068854@ ... 3131296098
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Good collection - I need to go back and redo the 100 or so slides I have - They were scanned a l-o-n-g time ago and I know I'm better at it these days!

[Comet102]

N517PA - Lockheed P-38L Lightning by Gavin Badger, on Flickr

All images have now been rescanned and are of a much better quality and one addition.

[mustang5861]

Photo 1
Taken at North Weald between 1989 and 1995. The aircraft are TB-25J 430823/N1042B '69' Dolly, which left the based Aces High Ltd in 1995; ex-Hungarian AF MiG-21SMT '503'/G-BRAM, which arrived at North Weald in 1989; and ex-RAF Devon C2 VP961, which had been registered as G-ALFM.

Photos 5, 10 and 14
All taken at Old Warden during the 1970s or early 1980s. The three aircraft shown are Bristol F2B D8096/G-AEOH, the Bristol Boxkite replica and the very real (i.e. not a replica) Avro 504N H5199/G-ADEV, all of which are still part of the Shuttleworth Collection.

Photos 8, 9, 11 and 13
These were taken at the Lee-on-Solent airshow on 27 June 1974 and show Sea Hawk FGA.6 WV828/'037', Sea Hawk FGA.4 WV911, Westland Whirlwind HAS.7s XN314/'25' (nearest) and XN305/PO-516, and Sea King HAS.1 XV675. You can just see the starboard wing-tip of WV828 at the right edge of photo 11.

Photo 12
Taken at the Yeovilton airshow on 7 September 1973, this shows Sea Venom FAW.22 WV138/A-1229, Sea Vixen FAW.2 XS590/E-131 and the fin-tip of Scimitar F.1 XD317/R-112. All three were displayed outside the FAA Museum during the show.

Photo 15
This Harvard was one of at least 15 at the Bassingbourn airshow on the weekend of 27-28 May 1978.

Photo 16
Taken at the Wildenrath airshow on 5 July 1970, the aircraft are (from left to right): G91R3 32+18, CF-104D 104762 and F-4E
68-0513/HS.

Photos 25 and 26
I can’t make out the three-digit code on the tail of the Lightning in the left background in photo 25, but if it’s ‘189’ then it confirms that both photos were taken at the Upper Heyford airshow on 12 August 1972. The aircraft shown are F-111E 68-0036/JR, Lightning F.1A XM189 (tbc), and RF-4E 35+52 making the first appearance of a Luftwaffe RF-4E at this show (the 1971 show had an RF-104G).

Photo 29
Taken at the Abindgdon airshow on 15 June 1968, this shows Auster Antarctic WE600 with Lysander III R9125/LX-L, the tail of Lightning F.6 XS931/G and the tail/rear fuselage of Hunter FGA.9 XXJ642/L.

Hope this helps,
M