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Flt. Lt. John Tattersall (deceased) No Photo Available Made his first attempt at becoming a pilot by joining the waiting list for Pilots of Manchester Auxiliary Squadron. He joined the RAF as a clerk in 1940 and remustered Aircrew in May 1941 and by June was on his way to the US Naval Air Service Station, Pensacola, Florida as a member of the first group of students under the TOWER scheme. On his first day solo in October 1941 he crashed and woke up in hospital with a headache and scratched eyebrows. Eleven days later he was flying again and finally gained his wings in May 1942 on Catalinas. Returning to the UK he spent some time flying 'Oxfords' before being posted to 131 OTU, Loch erne, N. Ireland. In January 1943 he passed out as an aircraft Commander and joined 210 Sqdn at Pembroke Dock in February. He spent the next ten months (some 700 flying hours) flying over the Bay of Biscay on Anti-Sub operations including Leigh Leight operations, some convoy and naval co-operation. In January 1944, 210 Sqd. disbanded and he returned for a short spell to 131 OTU before being seconded to BOAC in April 1944. With BOAC he flew on the civil version of the Sunderland and 'c' class flying boats thence landplanes - Arginaut, Comet, Britannias (102 and 312) and VC10s retiring in 1973 to a ground job as Flight Crew Executive until May 1976. He died on 10th November 2006.
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Items Signed by Flt. Lt. John Tattersall (deceased) |
  | Clipped Signature - John Tattersall. Price : £30.00 | Gained his Wings in 1942 on Catalina flying boats, joining No.210 Sqn at the beginning of 1943. He flew over 700 hours mostly on anti-sub missions in the Bay of Biscay, before joining BOAC in 1944, retiring in 1976. He died in 2006. ...... | |
  | Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. Price : £125.00 | RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944. The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the...... | |
| | Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown (AP) Price : £150.00 | RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944. The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of th...... | |
| | Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown (GL) SOLD OUT | RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944. The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. (W) Price : £70.00 | RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944. The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of th...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flt. Lt. John Tattersall (deceased) |
   | RAF Coastal Command Catalina Aviation Art Print Pack. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £144 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher. Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland. Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins. | |
| | Catalina Aircraft Prints by Stephen Brown and David Pentland. Pack Price : £180.00 Saving : £70 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland. | |
| | Catalina Aviation Art Prints by John Wynne Hopkins and Stephn Brown. Pack Price : £205.00 Saving : £100 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins (B) | |
| | Alexander Cruickshank VC Catalina Aviation Prints by Stephen Brown and Tim Fisher. Pack Price : £135.00 Saving : £34 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher. | |
 | Catalina Flying Boat Art Prints by Stephen Brown and Timothy OBrien. Pack Price : £135.00 Saving : £10 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. On the Prowl by Timothy OBrien. |
| Squadrons for : Flt. Lt. John Tattersall | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Flt. Lt. John Tattersall. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : UK Founded : 1st April 1918 Fate : Disbanded 15th November 1971 Yn y nwyfre yn hedfan - Hovering in the heavens | No.210 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
| Aircraft for : Flt. Lt. John Tattersall | |||
| A list of all aircraft associated with Flt. Lt. John Tattersall. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
| Squadron | Info | ||
Manufacturer : Consolidated Production Began : 1936 Retired : 1957 Number Built : 3305 | Catalina Built by the Consolidated Aircraft Company and designed by Isaax M Ladden. the Catalina first flew on the 28th march 1935. and first flew with the US Navy in October 1936. In 1935 the cost of each Catalina was $90,000 and just over 4,000 were built. The Catalina was used in various maritime roles. but it was designed initially as a maritime patrol bomber. Its long range was intended to seek out enemy transport and supply ships. but was eventually used in many roles including Convoy escort,, anti submarine warfare and search and rescue. In its role as a search and rescue aircraft it probably is best remembered for many thousands of aircrews shot down in the Pacific and less extend in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The Catalina was the most successful flying boat of the war and even served in a military role until the early 1980's some are still used today in aerial firefighting. | ||
Manufacturer : Airspeed Production Began : 0 Retired : 0 Number Built : 6695 | Oxford The Oxford was built by Airspeed (4,960), De Havilland (1,515), Percival Aircraft (1,525) and the Standard Motor Group (750) during WW2. It was capable of training pilots, navigators, air gunners, radio operators and flight engineers. As well as equipping service flying schools in Great Britain, they spread out all over the globe, training aircrew in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, and Southern Rhodesia. Nearly 50% of all aircrew who served in the RAF, RCAF, RAAF and RNZAF went through the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, The Oxford was the preferred trainer for the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), which sent thousands of potential aircrew to Canada for training. 27 Oxfords were on the strength of No 4 Flying Training School RAF Habbaniya, Iraq in early 1941 and some were converted locally, for use as light bombers to help in the defence of the School against Iraqi forces. Airspeed Ltd was founded by Neville Shute Norway in 1931. N.S. Norway had trained as an aeronautical engineer, and worked under Barnes Wallis (of ‘Bouncing Bomb’ fame) at Vickers Ltd. on the successful R.100 airship. His first design for the new company was the Airspeed A.S.6 Envoy, he was responsible for devising a retractable undercarriage for the Envoy, and it enjoyed both civil and military success – an Envoy served in ‘The King’s Flight’, and was used to convey members of the Royal Family, and the South African Air Force ordered a batch of seven ‘Convertible Envoys’ which could be fitted with an Armstrong Whitworth gun turret and carriers for small bombs, as needed. In 1941, the aviatrix Amy Johnson went missing in an Airspeed Oxford, presumably crashing into the Thames Estuary. After the war, 152 surplus Oxfords were converted into small 6-seat commercial airliners called the AS.65 Consul. A few Oxfords were acquired by the Hellenic Air Force and used during the Greek Civil War by No. 355 Squadron RHAF. Although the Oxford was equipped with fixed-pitch wooden or Fairey-Reed metal propellers, the cockpit contained a propeller pitch lever, which had to be moved from "Coarse" to "Fine" for landing. This was to reinforce this important step for trainee pilots. Oxfords continued to serve the Royal Air Force as trainers and light transports until the last was withdrawn from service in 1956. Some were sold for use by overseas air arms, including the Royal Belgian Air Force. | ||
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