Battle of the Atlantic Commemoration - 1993

[daveh]

The planes. Photgraphed from Birkenhead (near the Woodside ferry terminal) looking over the Mersey to Liverpool.













I have photos of the ships somewhere: I just need to find them.

[Doug T.]

Dave,
Those are great photos! I especially like the biplanes.
I don't recognize the final aircraft though, what is it?
Good job!

Doug

[daveh]

Doug,

It's a Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, based on the De Havilland Comet. I think it was Coastal Command aircraft for search and destroy antisubmarine missions. I presume form the size of the bomb bay, it carried torpedoes.

Thanks for the kind comments.

Dave.

[olroy2044]

Great shots, Dave! Flying Fortress and Spitfire to the Nimrod in one fell swoop! Thanks for showing us. Roy

[nikonbob]

Dave

What a great and fitting place to celebrate the Battle of the Atlantic. Yea, the Nimrod is for ASW work. I am guessing that the biplanes are Swordfish (Stringbag) torpedo bombers? I noticed too the Britannia in some of the photos. Kind of sad that she is payed off now but at least she is not gone to razor blades.

Bob

[daveh]

Thanks. I always thought they were Swordfish, but never checked. I have just done so. A better photo of the upper plane can be seen at www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/fairey-swordfish_2.jpg (not my photograph - which is why it is better).