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Hi Targer, anyone I have met who had a connection with RR Hillington has always spoken well of their time there.
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By kind permission of the mods, I wanted to give the details of a book I have just published on Amazon on aspects of Glasgow’s aviation history. It was part of a ten year project started in July 2009 to cover the full history of aviation in upper Clydeside, but unfortunately the whole project did no...

Could anyone give me dates on which Renfrew aerodrome was bombed please? I am sure it was bombed over the 13-15 March 1941 and I have read in the RAF 13 Group operations record book that a bomb was also dropped on the airfield on 14 October 1940 but I wasn’t sure if it had been hit during the Clydes...

Thalia - Thx I don't think that is the one but this Professor was a Nazi sympathiser. His parachute escapade was in the papers at the time.

Not sure if this is anywhere else on the forum (I couldn't find anything). Does anyone know anything about a Nazi sympathiser named Professor Berthold Rubin who supposedly dropped thousands of leaflets over Glasgow from a light plane in May 1968 calling for the release of Rudolf Hess from Spandau? I...

robertpool wrote:it's near St Mungo's Church and St Mungo's primary school. Caldercuilt Farm is just off Blackhill Road near maryhill

Many thanks Robertpool. I might have found the farm if it had been spelled correctly!

Would I be right in saying there was no bombing of Glasgow or upper Clydeside in the First World War? I know Edinburgh was bombed by Zeppelins in 1916. Also could someone kindly tell me which area of Glasgow McAslin Street is located in as I can't work it out from maps (this is for my list of locati...

Airwork repaired WWII aircraft at Renfrew Airport (the original Glasgow Airport) employing 400+ at its peak. Their operation there closed down in 1949/50.

That is useful information thank you. Once I have finished going through all the RAF records, I am going to head along to the Mitchell to see what they have.

Well, I have just spent the day at the National Archive at Kew going through the RAF 13 Group Operations Records Books which give a summary of each days events for their area (N England and the whole of Scotland). Quite a lot was going on, on 28/29 November 1940 it seems. The Clyde raid was designat...

I have been looking at the Glasgow and Upper Clydeside Blitz from the Luftwaffe and RAF side. One highly unusual raid appears to have taken place on 28/29 November 1940. Three FW200 Condors attacked Glasgow on this night/early morning. It was very unusual because the Condors very rarely attacked mai...

Hello, I just wanted to say hello to everyone as I am new to the forum. I am very interested in this thread in particular. I am one of six people writing up a history of aviation in Glasgow and upper Clydeside. We have been at it since 2009 and Air Britain are hoping to publish the book (possibly a ...