Photos, videos and docs of StoneRoad2013, with the keywords: "WW2"

hen[26] - Supermarine Stranraer

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:31:03 +0000

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Another flying boat designed by Supermarine for the RAF during the 1930s for maritime reconnaissance. The last & fastest biplane design, some 57 [?=40 in Canada] were built between 1937 and 1939, retired by the RAF / RCAF in 1943, lasted in civilian service in Canada until 1958.
This [920 / QN] is the sole survivor of those built by Canadian Vickers, although parts from the wreckage of another aircraft are owned by a museum in Halifax, Canada.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Stranraer

hen[26] - Bristol Beaufort VIII

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:30:54 +0000

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Beauforts were WW2 era twin-engined torpedo-bombers, developed & built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company from their Blenheim, the main variant being the Bristol Beaufighter.
Some 1,121 were built between 1939 - with 700 built in Australia. Mainly used by RAAF, Coastal Command & the Fleet Air Arm, carried attacks on various German capital ships with bombs & torpedoes [one of which resulted in the awarding of a VC to the pilot - and the type was retired in 1944.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort

hen[26] - Auster

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:30:52 +0000

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Taylorcraft Auster [sans wings]
LB264 – Auster Mk. I on static display at Hendon

The high wing design allows easy observation of the ground as the type was designed as an Air Observation Post ie spotting for artillery. Ended up in a liaison role instead.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylorcraft_Auster

hen[26] - Mosquito

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:30:45 +0000

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de Havilland Mosquito B35.
This is TJ138 which usually wears VO-L of 98 Sqn, now includes the D-Day stripes.
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One of at least 30 surviving aircraft [at least 5 of which are actually airworthy] some are still kits of parts under restoration.
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Some 7,781 of theses twin Merlin engined & wooden framed aircraft were built between 1940 and 1950, with the RAF retiring the type in 1963. The design & the Merlins gave it an impressive turn of speed, even at low altitude. Roles included Pathfinder [leading bomber raids] precision raids [Knocking Herman Goring out mis-radio broadcast] and photographic reconnaissance / marine patrols.
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BOAC used them for fast cargo / courier flights, but there was room for only one passenger, carried in the bomb bay - probably not the most comfortable of places to travel !
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_de_Havilland_Mosquitos

hen[26] - Spitfire LF XVI E

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:30:41 +0000

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Supermarine Spitfire LF XVI E [RW393 aka TB675] wearing 4D-V of 74 Squadron
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_variants:_specifications,_performance_and_armament

wtr[26] - "Flying Flea"

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:34:34 +0000

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small motorbike "crated" for air-borne delivery, the canvas bag contains the paracute.
note - girder forks and saddle.

make - This is a Royal Enfield "Flying Flea" - used by airborne forces for dispatch riders before setting up radio / communication & command bases [or in a mobile situations]
weighed 59Kg and at 126cc was capable of 45mph [frightening ?]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Enfield_WD/RE

wtr[26] - drop case

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:34:32 +0000

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The cylinder marked "Motorcycle" contained a folding m/bike developed during WW2 for deployment with airborne forces. {and used during Operation Market Garden}
See also the Welbike seen elsewhere {eg STTES[26]}.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welbike

hen[26] - sectioned "Upkeep"

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:32:45 +0000

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The "Upkeep" bouncing bomb was invented by the British engineer Barnes Wallis.
It was designed to bounce over the water surface, towards the dams, then sink to explode underwater. After extensive development and testing, including the timing & height of the release, it was used in the RAF's "Operation Chastise" in May 1943, flown by 617 Squadron, led by Sqn ldr Guy Gibson.

further info --- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb

bpm[26] - replica WW2 fighters

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:33:34 +0000

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Replica Spitfire & Hurricane outside the entrance to Bentley Priory Museum.

WW2 / Battle of Britain

nnc[26] - Memorial

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:37:05 +0000

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Memorial to the 97 soldiers - mostly frorm the Royal Norfolk Regiment - that were massacred at Le Paradis, Northern France on 27th May 1940, after surrendering as POWs.

[The officer that ordered the shooting was convicted of this war crime, and was executed in 1949]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre

hen[26] - Sunderland Mk 5

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:29:30 +0000

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I need a wide-angle lens !

This is Short Sunderland MR Mk 5 - a flying boat patrol bomber, serving throughout WW2 - apparently nicknamed Flying Porcupine because of the large quantity of armaments carried.
749 of them were built between 1938 and 1946, with seven surviving - and one of those flew across the Atlantic to America in 1993, it remains in airworthy condition, but hasn't flown since 1996.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

When my OH was here, with his father, quite a few years ago, this poor beastie was outside and looking worse for the weather, so we were pleased to find it painted & inside a building.

hin[22] - tables outside

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:09:30 +0000

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Some of the outside seating at Acle Bridge Inn ---

That concrete lump is the mount for a "spigot mortar" - as used in WW2 by the Home Guard.
[There was another one in the Aberglaslyn Pass, North Wales - but it was removed when the Welsh Highland Railway was rebuilt, as it would have been right in the middle of the re-instated railway line.].

cos[26] - Gloster "Gladiator"

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:30:17 +0000

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The last biplane fighter built for the RAF, developed from first flight in 1934, introduced in 1937.
Fought with some distinction in WW2 - despite being technically outclassed by the newer monoplane fighters - perhaps best known for their defence of Malta 1940-42.
finally retired in 1953 [Portugal]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator

cos[26] - Bristol Bolingbroke

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:29:24 +0000

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The Canadian built version of a Bristol Blenheim mkIV, used for marine patrols etc, between 1939 & 1943.
This is L8756, and has been restored as a Bristol Blenheim, and painted as "XD-E" of 139 Squadron, RAF

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Bolingbroke

cos[26] - Wimpy from the side

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:29:18 +0000

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side view of a Wimpy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington

cos[26] - Vickers Wellington [Wimpy]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:29:09 +0000

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Tucked away --- trying to get a view of the "windows" in the fuselage.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington

cos[26] - Junkers Ju-88

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:29:06 +0000

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image didn't work - I was trying to get the nose-mounted aerial array - but the background prevented a clear image.

This aircraft is Ju 88 R-1, Werk Nr. 360043, captured intact in May 1943.
The story is here ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88#Surviving_aircraft
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The Ju-88 was developed from 1936, entering service in 1939 and some 15,183 were built, and used in almost all the European campaigns. France captured some during WW2, and retired their last ones in 1951.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88

cos[26] - De Havilland Mosquito

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:29:03 +0000

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WW2 multi-role combat aircraft. also reconnaissance, pathfinder and bomber roles from 1940 onwards with the RAF - a few of the 7,781 built went to BOAC.

Wooden construction, plywood skin. The two Rolls Royce Merlins gave a top speed 415mph, service ceiling 37,000 feet. Nicknamed "Mossie" of "wooden wonder" ...
Finally retired in 1963.
Around 30 survive, with a few still airworthy [at last count five, three in USA, one each in Canada & New Zealand]

This is painted to represent Unit markings of Guy Gibson's last flight in a Mosquito XX on 19 September 1944.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

tbh, probably one of my favourite WW2 aircraft

cos[26] - Messerschmitt Me 262

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:28:59 +0000

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Developed during WW2, flying as a jet fighter / fighter-bomber 1944-45
[also flown by the Czechoslovak Air Force until 1951.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262

cos[26] - two gun turrets {2 of 2}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:29:16 +0000

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information board for the two gun turrets.