Reading the article , it said:

The wings were collected from the back of the building on Dock Road earlier this month, after being discovered in the roof in September.

This thread started in September. :rolleyes:

And how quickly the owner gave permission to take down the building to retrieve the spars when someone else was offering to do that for a while.

If indeed it was though this board the RAFM was alerted, then a proper thank you is in order.

But it is good those parts where rescued.

UPDATE:
Looked at the RAFM site, said

The RAF Museum was first alerted to the existence of the wings in April this year when an email was received suggesting that the roof of a building

So they knew earlier.
So, what took them so long! 😉