The late ‘Bill’ Hamblen of Bournemouth had in his collection this rear fuselage section of a Ju87 B bearing the code letter ‘D’ in yellow.
This item was, evidently, an ex-scrapyard find and was for a time on display at Tangmere, and then on the IOW. It is now in a private collection.
As I recall the last code letter, and the two unit codes on the other side, were all in situ but I cannot now recall what they were.
Can anyone hazard a guess as to the origins of this interesting relic??
By: ian_ - 3rd January 2011 at 12:15
Thanks Andy, a great pity…
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd January 2011 at 22:19
No, certainly not connected in any way!
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd January 2011 at 21:28
Stuka part
It’s not a part of the Stuka remains Jim Pearce brought back from the USSR is it, or does this go back futher than that?
I have (had) a photo of the bits Pearce had in a barn at Storrington, W. Sussex about, I think, 15-odd years ago.
Anon.
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd January 2011 at 19:49
Thank you!
Any little clues would be helpful.
By: hindenburg - 2nd January 2011 at 19:18
I will ask one of Bills close friends if he knows anything about it.
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd January 2011 at 19:14
I’m afraid that Tangmere Museum scrapped most of the Mohawk bits (engine, prop, landing gear etc) and the panel was stolen! The surviving carburettor ended up with Richard Hukins, although I don’t know if he still has it.
All a great shame, really. Unfortunately, lots more went to the scrap man too.
By: ian_ - 1st January 2011 at 22:42
I can’t help with the ID but I remember the visit when the photo was taken. Young eyes bulged out of their head! Any idea what happened to the Mohawk bits (carb excepted)? Would love to know where the panel went.
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st January 2011 at 14:28
Peter
Thanks for that.
I should have mentioned that I had long ago discounted this ‘identity’ as credible. There are no reports of 87s on land on that date aside from one on the IOW (of which this is not a relic!) and none from that unit that I can otherwise identify. The only possibility (although I think it remote) is that this aeroplane was fished out of the English Channel, possibly on that date. That said, I have done quite a lot of work on 8 August 1940 (‘Convoy Peewit’ Grub Street 2010) and this supposed loss never made any sense. But I am happy to be persuaded as to the accuracy of this report…..!!
By: Beaufighter VI - 1st January 2011 at 11:43
The Captive Luftwaffe by Ken West page 62.
Ju 87B A5-DN of 5/St G1. Brought down in Swanage area 8 August 1940, removed to RAE for examination. Rear section bearing yellow D at Bournemouth in 1976.
No mention is made of this aircraft by the RAE in their Catalogue of Enemy Aircraft Reports but the report could have gone missing as the Catalogue was written in 1969.
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st January 2011 at 10:07
I think the code letter rules out those possibilities.
By: dirty harry - 31st December 2010 at 20:21
Andy,
its a little early in the night especially new years eve, forgive any spellllllllllling mis steaks ime a little bladdered:diablo:
Stukas’s i had it a guess bowley’s farm 18th august 1940.
Happy New Year Andy
Actually thinking about it, it could be ham manor golf course
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