Newark Yesterday!

No problem with any Aeroboot feedback / information – just one slight correction re the date of NAM’s next event, which is on Saturday 12th March 2011.

One aspect of NAM’s Aeroboots is that each time they tend to bring a small selection of new items onto the market. This is because not all of the stallholders are traders, groups or serious collectors and each time it tends to attract a few new sellers from amongst the museum’s membership and from around the local area.

As for the data plate display sfp54 – if you PM me an email address I’ll send you a photo; I’m out of space on here and I don’t have a photo hosting account!

Might seem like a daft question but as i havent been able to attend one of these events, what sort of stuff is sold there apart from the data-plates already mentioned ?

I hope that Howard won’t mind me answering….since it is a question generic to aerojumble events.

The short answer is anything and everything to do with aviation – military and civil, ancient and modern. Aircraft parts, memorabilia, photos, model kits, diecasts, relic items, artwork and prints, books and magazines, ephemera, photographs, flying equipment, badges and uniforms, propellors. Indeed, anything and everything! Oh….and whilst data plates can often be found, those that are referred to previously were not actually for sale but in the Newark Aviation Museum collection.

The next Newark event is 12 March, I believe. The Shoreham Aerojumble is 26 March.

Andy, Howard,

Thanks so much for sharing the info regarding the data plates. Luftwaffe plates are a “passion” of mine; any and all information is welcome. Always interested in seeing photos too.

With regards,
Steve

P.S. Are there any plate collectors/holders on the Forum? Feel free to contact me to share information and photos; ask questions, talk it up, etc.

Might seem like a daft question but as i havent been able to attend one of these events, what sort of stuff is sold there apart from the data-plates already mentioned ?

I should have added that the clue is the MIAG constructors plate with the number 3563 which is the aircraft Werke Nummer.

What a service – thanks for that, I’ve forwarded the details on to the Curator.

Shame about the Bf 110 wreckage – I think the last lot we had went from the NAM scrap compound a couple of Cockpit-Fest’s ago! :diablo:

Only joking about the wreckage!! 😀

Howard….now all you need is a sack of Me110 wreckage to go with the data plate and Fritz is your Uncle!! :diablo:

I can tell you that the aeroplane these came from was a Bf110 shot down at Portway, Steyning, West Sussex, on 4 September 1940. The aircraft was from 7./ZG76 and its two crew (Uffz Schultis and Uffz Bilbeck) were both PoW. The aircraft was coded 2N + HM

The only anomaly is that the data plate shows this as a C-1, although German loss records indicate it was a C-4.

I will come back to you on the C1/C4 question after I have found my anorak.

….to read the Werke Nummer on the MIAG plate in the little frame of displayed data plates from a Me110..

I was over at Newark today to host a school visit and during our tour round the Exhibition Hall I think that I noticed the data plates that you mentioned. There were 4 in total but only two had any readable information on them.

MIAG
LIZ Bf 110 C-1
2(?) 0603 3563
110-15-38

RE4
03365-39
F1 28019

:confused: Not being into aircraft data plates does this mean that NAM could own a flying Bf 110?

:diablo:

Where are they displayed? :confused:

Steve

I didn’t see any, but funnily enough I did spot some in the museum. In fact, I had meant to ask Twin Otter (Howard) about them as my eyesight wasnt good enough (not 20×20 any more!!) to read the Werke Nummer on the MIAG plate in the little frame of displayed data plates from a Me110.

When you are next there, Howard, can you check them out and let me have the numbers from the MIAG plate? I’d love to check them out. Might be able to provide you with the history of the aeroplane they came from, Howard.

Andy,

While I am sure I would have enjoyed the day there looking about, the journey to and from was bit too much starting in the States. Can you say what the turn out of Luftwaffe data/identification plates was? (Just don’t tell me I missed a Do215 example!)

Steve

Thanks for the kind comments, which I’ll pass on to everyone that helps make the event happen – including setting up, tidying up and returning Hangar 2 to normal display conditions. 🙂

Some interesting feedback, comments and gossip on a range of topics!

Good luck with Shoreham.