Time Team A26 Invader – 'The Bombers in the Marsh'

Good suggestion Dave. I’d forgotten that ‘Wings’ have some Invader sections already.
Would be nice to know that at least some of the recovered items go towards another project and display.

Rob

Most smaller items, including control column, rudder pedals, pilot’s seat, etc are also safely stored….If anyone is interested in displaying these items please get in touch.

Nick,

I’m sure Dan at the Wings Museum would give the parts a good home as he has my old Invader….

http://wingsmuseum.co.uk/douglas_a26_cockpit_restoration.htm

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can’t watch it

Hi, when I try to view the video I get a messgae that “the uploader has not given permission to view in the country I am in” (Canada) or something to that effect.
Never seen this before. Is it a TOP SECRET vidie?

Thanks

Warren

Thanks for the information, I’m sorry to hear not everything survived. 🙁

Ownership of ALL parts recovered was transferred to the licence holder, as is normal practice, so they were only ever on loan to the Millom museum and the liquidators had no rights to them – That said all did not go well whilst they were in the museum’s custody.

The rear fuselage was more corrosion than metal and once the crystalline corrosion products holding it together began to dissolve, it fell apart slowly – as some had predicted from the start. The vertical fin with the serial number on was saved and is safely stored. The engines were stabilised fairly successfully – complete with their propellers and are also safely in storage as are the undercarriage legs, including the nosewheel and cockpit floor section from the second A-26.

A significant amount of material, including bomb bays with all the bomb racks still mounted, exhaust stubs, various panels etc was apparently stored in premises rented to the museum and was apparently lost when these premises were due to be demolished and someone decided the contents were not worth recovering? Most of the guns and the first turret recovered were blown to pieces by EOD to ensure they were “safe”. The second turret was dismantled whilst at the museum and many parts were “lost”.

Most smaller items, including control column, rudder pedals, pilot’s seat, etc are also safely stored, but an engine maker’s plate and cockpit ashtray also disappeared from the museum.

If anyone is interested in displaying these items please get in touch.

On a related note, does anyone know what became of the parts of these wrecks that were displayed at Millom? I seem to remember the Star-and-Bar bearing chunk of fuselage was displayed there, along with an engine.