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Franklin
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 Posted - 14/03/2025 : 14:58:43
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The attached photos depict MG PB Airline Coupe registration PV 3173 ca. 1948 and the same car trialing ca. 1951. Credit to Lew Palmer, Neil Reynolds and John Reid for providing pictures and the information below.
MG Airline enthusiasts do not believe this is a survivor and are unable to identify which car this is. Consequently we would be interested in any information regarding this Airline that readers might be able to share including, but not limited to, its history, owner’s names, and any clues to its current whereabouts or information regarding its probable demise.
John Reid shared the following information about one of the photos.
The owner of PV3173 in the late 1940s was Tim Dinsdale while studying at the deHavilland Technical Institute. In the 75th anniversary edition of the “Pylon” magazine, which was published by the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School in 2003, was this photograph taken in 1948 showing a Wolseley Hornet Special and a smart looking PB Airline, registration PV 3173. The folks in the photo have been identified as follows: the chap overacting is Bob Kurzen, Ron Bennett leaning into the car is the owner of the Wolseley, and Jimmy Holland is the one with his hands in his pockets.
Only 6 PB Airlines are unaccounted for, so any information provided could result in the positive identification of this Airline
Thank You & Best Regards,
Dick
Franklin (Dick) Sprafke
PA 1623
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Franklin
USA
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Posted - 14/03/2025 : 14:59:55
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Another photo ca. 1951
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LewPalmer
USA
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Posted - 18/03/2025 : 01:07:14
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I think I'm zeroing in on the identification of the Tim Dinsdale Airline, PV3173.
I have determined that he enrolled at deHavilland Aeronautical Technical Institute in 1942 - 1943. I have a photo of him in a photo of an induction class that was pre-1948 students. At that time, the school was located at Elmstead, Essex, due to it having been bombed at its previous location by the Germans earlier in the war
In 1942, the Airline he owned would have only been 6 years old, so likely being sold by its first owner or its family, perhaps of a casualty in WWII, or a growing family. We know that the car was first registered in Ipswich, not terribly far from Elmstead, Essex.
But here's the kicker: the first owner of PB0585 was G.A. Smith, from Elmstead, Essex!
No other PB Airline was first registered anywhere near there, and PB0585's color was never recorded.
So putting 2 and 2 together, I believe the likelihood of PV3173 being anything other than PB0585, is beyond belief. I simply believe Tim Dinsdale bought PB0585 when he arrived at deHavilland.
I am also attempting to make contact with Tim Dinsdale's son Simon, to see if he or his siblings can shed any additional light.
Lew Palmer
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Edited by - LewPalmer on 18/03/2025 01:13:21 |
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