I hadn’t seen this thread before and believed the Drover was still with Barry Parkhouse. It would be good to know if there has been any progress in restoring her as she has had a pretty rough life since arriving in the UK.

When I was a teenager I remember that I removed the main switch box from the cockpit for restoration and many years later made a special journey to return the bare box with a biscuit tin full of switches etc to SWWAPS at Lasham.

I also re-covered the rudder and elevators at Southend. The props and I believe the wheels were from a Channel Airways Heron which was scrapped on the airfield. The flaps were never restored. All we had was the leading edge and some rotten remnants of what seemed to be wood.

It would be great if she finally gets restored properly after all these years.