S-61A U-240 722 Esk. @Blokhus 26-6-1977
S-61A U-280 722 Esk. @Alborg 1975
Canberra WH667 85 Sqdn @Alborg AB 1976
CF-104D (conv. to F-104G) R-704 726 Esk. @Alborg 1976

Bell UH-1D 70+78 HTG 64 (Alhorn) @Leck AB 07-09-76
T-33A DT-516 Training Sqdn @Alborg AB 1976
T-17 T-408 Flying School @Billund 06-1976
CF-104D (conv. to TF-104G) RT-660 726 Esk. @Alborg AB 1976
www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_RDAF_serial

Adalsvej 35, 9210 Alborg SØ (EMAIL) Had contact with a lawyer of that name in Alborg but it brought no recognition.

Dave was a teacher and besides slides of military aircraft he also collected patches and worked in his
'man cave' on models of ships and aircraft. He is wearing a Soviet Air Force cap!
Although I collected parches/badges too, it was nowhere near his amazing collection. Sold mine in 2025.

About the top photo Dave wrote: "here I am pobably emailing to you!"
I have no date to these photos. I broke off the exchange in nov. 2001, tired of the military planes.

Obviously I sent him mostly what I photographed in The Netherlands and
in Europe (England!), this page shows how I focussed on military aviation
in the 1990s while travelling in the US.

A page from my records: which I had sent to prevent sending duplicates and
the number in reply (plus perhaps a remark of the quality, here "2 too small").

377MG Mini Guppy, N422AU (c/n 15937/39), preserved at Tillamook air museum. By Dave Brown, 2001.

DHC-4 c/n 259: (my files) N82NC Pen Turbo Avtn, stored at Cape May; ex/Spanish AF T.9-2.

My most distant correspondent with whom I traded B&W negatives and colour slides was BRUCE LINWOOD: he hailed
from Australia. My letters were adressed 'c/- Sgts Mess, RAAF Base Fairbairn, ACT 2600'.
My first shipment 01Nov75 were 3 slides (?) I'd taken in England (July 1975). The two photos (4-2025 scanned
from negatives) were part of Bruce's shipment (04Jan76) which included neg's, slides & photos.
Our correspondence ceased, after 8 years, in Jan. 1983.

SAAB Viggen '21', 15 Wg, Royal Swedish Air Force.

From Wikipedia: "Formerly RAAF Base Fairbairn, a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base, located in Australia's national capital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Over the years the name of the establishment, and the use of the land, has changed. The base was in use by the RAAF between 1940 and 2007, when the land occupied north and east of the Canberra Airport runways was sold to Capital Airport Pty Limited for the purposes of advancing civil aviation and the development of a business park. A speedway, motorbike and go kart track are present in the Canberra Motorsport Precinct located 2 km from Canberra Airport."

Lockheed C-130E Hercules, 310311 of the Royal Canadian Air Force / Armed Forces (RCAF). No date/location.

B-25 Mitchell - A.VU H0368 (RAAF). No further information.

These were included in Linwood's batch but probably not sent by him. Provenance unknown.

Dutch B-25s in Australia (WW2?)

B-25 Mitchell bomber, N5-132

A-W Argosy, VH-IPA (c/n 6803) of IPEC. By Bruce Linwood, @Essendon (April or May 1980).

From aussieairliners.org/argosy/vh-ipa

Fokker F.27-100, VH-EWJ (c/n 10287) of East-West. By Bruce Linwood probably, 05Oct1980 at Mascot.

Fokker F.27, VH-MMO (c/n 10146) of Ansett. By Bruce Linwood, 09Dec1980.

Fairchild FH-227, F-ODMP (c/n 532) of Air Polynesia. By Bruce Linwood, June 1980. No location.


C-133A, N201AR (c/n 45166; ex/ 56-2001). 'Former USAF 56-2001. Stored @Davis-Monthan AFB by 1973.
Purchased by Foundation for Airborne Relief for modification as flying hospital, as N201AR in 1973, and flown to Mojave, CA. This never happened and it was stored at Mojave and was still there in 2024. Rereg'd as N201AB
in 1978 but it was never applied. Photo by Bruce Linwood, pre-1982 (no location, likely MHV; EMAIL)
There's another photo (1983) on my website, see the gallery of Gerben Groothuis

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Grumman EA-6A Intruder, 156988/622-CY (VMAQ-2, USMC). No date nor location.
It seems I did not keep a record of TM's postal adress. (EMAIL)

McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II, 155749/111-NG (VF-96, 'USS Constellation'), by T.Matsuzaki (1970s)

In AvGeek terms, I was a Soesterberg spotter...

Convair T-29, 51-5159 (SAFE) at Soesterberg AB , Nov.'74.
I cycled there in all kinds of weather, while playing hooky from school (had to, they did not fly at weekends ☺)

Boeing KC-137, 5-245 IIAF by Javier Saez Sanz at Barajas, Sep. '75.

Lockheed C-130H (L.382-17D), 5-129 ('LAC 4438'?) IIAF at Barajas, Spain. No date.

Lockheed C-130F, 9794/JM of the US Navy. No date / location.

AB-206, ET-116 of the Ejercito del Aire. April 1976, no location.

CH-47C Chinook, 2.17-3 / ET-403 of Ejercito del Aire. April 1976, no location.

AB-47G, 059-104 of the Ejercito del Aire. April 1976, no location.

AB.212 218-3 (003-7) 'Marina' by Javier Saez Sanz. Ferrol 18Jul1975.

AB204, HU8-7, ET.203 (Ejercito del Tierra, Spain). No date nor location.

BAC Lightning F3, XR716 (RAF). No date nor location.

Blackburn Buccaneer S1 (S2?), (XN956?) 105/E (Royal Navy). No date nor location. EMAIL

Hawker Hunter T.7, Royal Saudi Air Force. No date nor location. They operated 4x F.60 and 2x T.7.
Helpful link: en.wikipedia.org:_List_of_Hawker_Hunter_operators

Westland Whirlwind, XP360 (RAF). No date nor location.

Hawker Hunter F.6A, XE653/28 (RAF). No date nor location.

Hawker Hunter F.6A, XE653/28 (RAF). No date nor location.
>> read how it ended up at Stellenbosch as ZU-AUJ.

Zero (?). No date nor location.

Supermarine Swift FR5, WK281 (RAF). Identified by the only marking 'S' on the tailfin on ABPic.
Tony Szulc provided the following details: Swift FR.5 WK281/S, 79 Sqn

Hawker Hunter (F6?), (RAF). No date nor location. Seems to have an 'L' on the tailfin? EMAIL
Again Tony's help: Hunter FGA.9 XJ642/L, 54 Sqn.

Gloster Meteor F.8, WH364/U (RAF). No date nor location.
See also abpic.co.uk/pictures/ - 85 Squadron?
Tony Szulc (may 2025): Meteor F.8 WH364/U, 85 Sqn
Tony added: "All three looking like they were taken at RAF Abingdon 50th Anniversary Display 1968, 15June68.
See www.airhistory.net. If you look on these pages, you will find images taken there and the Hunter image you can
see the Swift behind it, the Meteor was also at the same air show."

Lockheed C-130K (C.1) Hercules, XV220 (RAF). No date nor location. See for fate: XV220 @ABPic scrapped!

McDonnell F-4K Phantom FG1 XT874/J (RAF). No date nor location.

Per Schmidt was another provider of slides, either by exchange or by purchasing some for a brief period, I think.

Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-80-DL), 79004/13 (c/n 19771; 43-15305) of Royal Swedish Air Force.
By Per Schmidt, 6-'83

Douglas DC-3 (C-47A-85-DL), K-688 (c/n 20118) of Danish Air Force (ex/ 43-15652). By Per Schmidt.
No adress or records. German, Swiss or Austrian?

Douglas C-47A, C-FNWS (c/n 12419) of Northwest Territorial. (Via) Per Schmidt, probly Nov.1986.

More of his photos on SCANS-ARCHIVE-COLOR-P2

Steve Nation from the US was also someone with whom I traded slides with. Today (2025) I can't find any admin.
such as an adress or what I sent/received. If you see a name you can advise contact details please EMAIL me. THX

Douglas DC-3A-453/C-53C N999Z (c/n 4976). Traded with Steve Nation in 2000. No date/location.
From my (RL) files: NC33697 United Al, not dlvd but to USAAF as C-53C (only 17 built); ret Reconstruction
Finance Corp (RFC) awaiting sale. Bt Nov.'45 Braniff reg'd NC45340; bt Southern Aws 31dec52 rr N62SA;
bt Jimmy William Acft Sales 20May67; various owners. N999Z owned by A.H. Kilgus (1990s?).
Derelict San Juan March'82, on FAA Register '96. Ex/N62SA.

Douglas A-26B Invader, N240P (c/n 7140). No data on where or when, photo by Steve Nation.
Long Beach built A-26 Invader ex USAAF 41-39427. Pic'd 22Nov15 in mx at Meacham Field,TX, now as
'437140/P' (N240P in small lettering). Registered 05Sep91 to American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum.

DHC-4A Caribou, N90NC (c/n 24). Ex/T.9-24/Spanish Air Force. Owned by Pen Turbo/NewCal Aviation, New Jersey. Photo by Steve Nation (traded in 2000, slide stamped 'JUL91'). Taken @Cape May,NJ

C-130A, N116TG (c/n 3086) of T&G Aviation 'Securité Civile' @Chandler,AZ Mar.1993. By Steve Nation.
N116TG/82 T & G Aviation; crashed & w/o 06sep00 nr Burzet,France while fighting fires; 2 killed, 2 wounded;
operated in c/s of Securité Civile.

FOR MORE OF HIS SLIDES SEE MY PAGE #3 OF SCANNED COLOR SLIDES

N1017H (c/n 243) of Pen Turbo Coversions; ex/ JW9002 Tanzania Peoples Defence Force Air Wing.
@Cape May 24Apr99, by B.Hickman. Reg canx as perm wfu 11May12.
'One of 20+ Caribous stored at Cape May County Airport by Pen Turbo (c.1999). The aircraft were acquired for
a turboprop conversion program that never got going and many were still stored at the airport in March 2018.'
EMAIL me if you know its present (2025>-) status, thank you.

DHC-4A Caribou, N666NC (c/n 27). Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99 @Cape May,NJ. Ex/63-9755, PK-YRJ.
'This aircraft escaped Cape May, it sold to Trigana Air in March 2004, registered PK-YRJ and flown to Africa.'
The white c/s may indicate a role for the UN World Food Program..?
Last noted 15Mar2010 Sentani Airport for Sentani Air, looking good.

FOR MORE OF HIS SLIDES SEE MY PAGE #3 OF SCANNED COLOR SLIDES
AND MY PAGE #4 OF SCANNED COLOR SLIDES