Twatt dowsing and wing recovery

Was the wing ever positively identified to an aircraft? I seem to remember a thread about it but can’t find it now?

“We had been invited to one of Orkney’s biggest World War 2 airfields by William Shearer, a member of A.R.G.O.S (THE Aircraft Recovery Group Orkney and Shetland) to have a scout around to see if we could come up with War Memorabilia and other such stuff that might have been dropped or buried in the past.”

Wait, there’s an Aircraft Recovery Group that actually recovers aircraft? Somebody might want to mention this to TIGHAR.

SN

Is this a wrong assumption?

Isn’t that a cannon-port on the leading edge of the wing also?

A lot of training accidents with fixed wing Seafire II’s repaired at nearby Hatston, Orkney. 🙂

Mark

Only the LF Mk.Vb, which was a bit unkind for what was quite a “pocket rocket” as far as performance below 10000ft was concerned. However, by 1944 many of the airframes were getting rather worn.

I agree that the reference to high altitude recce seems out of place.

Interesting article. Makes you wonder what a novel approach might bring up in other airfields. However the final sentence did stand out a little.

I thought clipped winged spits were for low level flight? That it aided in rolling and general maneouverability. If you wanted to go high up the last thing you’d do is clip the wings. You might even want to add some wing extensions such as found on Mk VI and Mk. VII Spits and others. Is this a wrong assumption?

Wasn’t the clipped wing Spitfire referred to as “Clipped, Cropped and Clapped out!” ?

Interesting article. Makes you wonder what a novel approach might bring up in other airfields. However the final sentence did stand out a little.

The information we have now is it’s a wing off of a clipped wing Spitfire which was used for high altitude reconnaissance.

I thought clipped winged spits were for low level flight? That it aided in rolling and general maneouverability. If you wanted to go high up the last thing you’d do is clip the wings. You might even want to add some wing extensions such as found on Mk VI and Mk. VII Spits and others. Is this a wrong assumption?

good to finally see the context of the recovery.

Excellent photos and possibly my favourite thread title of all time.