1947 RARE Dambuster Mick Martin & Ted Sismore, MOSQUITO Speed record to Capetown

  

DUE TO DOWNSIZING OUR LARGE RAF PRIVATELY OWNED MUSEUM COLLECTION WE HAVE ON OFFER SELECTED ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION Very Rare Mick Martin & Ted Sismore signed Photo and Menu from RAF STATION KISUMU, Kenya while refuelling the Mosquito on their Record Breaking Speed attempt Heathrow to Capetown in 1947. The lot comprises of Two Photo's of the Mosquito at Kenya, one signed "Some Aircraft / Mick Martin", the other showing the aircraft being refueled, and the DINNER MENU signed by Both Martin and Ted Sismore his Navigator, and others. SEE SCAN 30 April1 May 1947: Squadron Leader H. Mick Martin, DSO, DFC, pilot, and Squadron Leader Edward Barnes Ted Sismore, DSO, DFC, navigator, departed from Heathrow Airport, London, England at 20:06 D.

30 April, in a Transport Command de Havilland DH. They flew to Brooklyn Airport, Capetown, South Africa, arriving at 17:35 D. The total duration of the 6,717 mile (10,810 kilometer) flight was 21 hours, 31 minutes, 30 seconds. This included a 20 minute refueling stop at El Adem, Libya, and a 25 minute stop at Kisumu, Kenya.

Martin and Sismore cut 23 hours, 36 minutes off of the record speed for the route set by Flying Officer A. Betty Kirby-Green with a DH.

88 Comet, G-ACSS, 1416 October 1937. For their record-breaking long-distance flight, Martin and Sismore were awarded the Britannia Trophy of the Royal Aero club of Great Britain.

Their airplane was a de Havilland DH. 34, very long range, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. It was the fastest of all Mosquito variants. 98 Mosquito was a twin-engine aircraft constructed primarily of wood.

The airplane was flown by a pilot and navigator/bombardier. It was produced in bomber, fighter-bomber, night fighter and photo reconnaissance versions. 34 was 41 feet, 6 inches (13.649 meters) long, with a wingspan of 54 feet, 2 inches (16.510 meters) and overall height of 15 feet, 3 inches (4.648 meters). Its empty weight was 16,630 pounds (7,543 kilograms) and it had a gross weight of 25,500 pounds (11,567 kilograms). 34 was powered by two liquid-cooled, fuel injected and supercharged, 27.01 liter (1,648.96 cubic inch) Rolls-Royce Merlin 113/114 single overhead camshaft 60° V-12 engines which produced 1,430 horsepower at 27,250 feet (8,306 meters) with 18 inches of boost (1.24 Bar).

The Merlins drove three-bladed de Havilland Hydromatic constant-speed, quick-feathering, propellers with a diameter of 12 feet, 0 inches (3.658 meters) through a 0.420:1 gear reduction. The Merlin 113 weighed 1,650 pounds (748.4 kilograms) while the 114 was slightly heavier, at 1,654 pounds (750.2 kilograms). The 114 drove a second supercharger for cabin pressurization. 24 had bulged bomb bay doors to accommodate an 869 gallon auxiliary fuel tank and could carry a 200-gallon (909 liter) slipper tank under each wing. The total fuel capacity of the LondonCapetown Mosquito was was 1,267 Imperial gallons (5,760 liters).

24 had a maximum speed of 422 miles per hour (679 kilometers per hour) at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters). Its service ceiling was 43,000 feet (13,106 meters) and it had a range of 3,340 miles (5,375 kilometers).

24s built, with 50 of those constructed by the Percival Aircraft Company. (Acting) Squadron Leader Mick Martin (later, Air Marshal Sir Harold Brownlow Morgan Martin, KCB, DSO and Bar, DFC and Two Bars, AFC, Royal Air Force), was the only No. 617 Squadron Avro Lancaster bomber pilot who participated in Operation Chastise, the raid on the Ruhr Valley hydroelectric dams in 1943, to survive the war. He flew ED909/G, AJ P, Popsie. Remarkably his airplane also survived World War II.

Air Marshal Martin retired from the RAF in 1974. He died 3 November 1988 at the age of 70 years. (Acting) Squadron Leader Ted Sismore later, Air Commodore Edward Barnes Sismore, DSO, DFC and Two Bars, AFC, AE, OD (K), MBIM, was the best long-range low-level navigator in the Royal Air Force. He was the lead navigator for the attack of Amiens Prison, 18 February 1944, and the raid on the Gestapo headquarters at Copenhagen, Denmark in 1945.

Air Commodore Sismore retired from the Royal Air Force, 23 June 1976. He died 22 March 2012 at the age of 90 years.

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• Type: Documents & Photos
• Era: 1901-1950
• Conflict: Post WWII
• Service: Air Force
• Country/ Organization: Great Britain
• Aircraft Type: Mosquito
• Theme: Military
• RAF Squadrons: 617 Squadron
• Sub Type: Dambuster
• Theme Type: Flying Speed Records
• Family Name: Martin & Sismore
• Country: England