I'm researching my uncle who was an AOP pilot killed in WW2.
I'm told he was killed when his aircraft stalled when carrying out L.F.P.
Can anyone tell me what that LFP is?

Low Fly Pass?

Possibly but stalling then?

Low Flight Path?

Lost Forwards Power?

Stalling is when the air flow over the surface of the wing isnt fast enough to support forward flight

So your uncle was trying to do a low fly past and didnt have enough speed.

Possibly, Im not a pilot.

Lack of Forward Propultion

Low Flying Practise IIRC, probably trying to fly Low level at slow speeds while trying to Map read and speak to the Guns at the same time. Incredibly difficult to do in a helicopter never mind an Auster..

Lost Fucking propeller.

(sorry oldbaldy)

Originally Posted by timex

Low Flying Practise IIRC, probably trying to fly Low level at slow speeds while trying to Map read and speak to the Guns at the same time. Incredibly difficult to do in a helicopter never mind an Auster..

Thanks Timex, that makes a bit of sense. Hopefully when I recieve his service record it will give me more information than the War Diary.
On a different note I didn't know a helicopter pilot would be doing all those things at same time, I assumed person in second seat would speak to Guns.