Goodwood_ From the early years.

[khyndart in CA]

This starts out about a different type of roaring engines and the Goodwood area.
My uncle Jack Hyndman was a Mosquito fighter bomber pilot based at Hunsdon airfield north of London in 1943 during the height of World War 2. They began training for a secret bombing raid in Northern France known as "Operation Jericho." ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Jericho )
Uncle Jack was part of the RNZAF Squadron 487 and they flew under the radar known as "Hedge Hopping". Sadly as he flew in fog on a mission a few days before the big raid he happened to hit the power lines that cross the South Downs near Goodwood and although he tried to make it to the English Channel the plane crashed a mile short of the coast and sadly people on the ground were also killed. We were always told he had crashed in fog in south England but we never had any details until the last few years.


Hunsdon Airfield present day memorial.

http://www.wartime-airfields.com/raf-hunsdon.html




Uncle Jack's plane hit the power lines seen the distance on the hill about 5 miles to the right of this photo at Goodwood, which shows John Coundley winning the Whitsun Trophy Race on June 6 1965 in one of the first McLaren Elva Mk 1 Olds. # 71.




(Ken Hyndman )