See link here shamefully nicked from the Miles Master wing topic.
In the second pic there are a set of (seemingly) 109 wings and a Spitfire wing (with black underside) leaning against the wall in the background.
Very curious about the story behind them.
Anyone?
By: One of the Few - 10th March 2017 at 17:41
If i remember rightly. Dave Brocklehurst told me that the Spitfire wing comes from Spitfire N3120 of 266 Squadron that broke up at 18,000 feet on 18th February 1940 whilst Ian “Widge” Gleed was testing it. The wing was recovered and uses as a test bed at the Woolwich Arsenal during the war.
By: Biggles of 266 - 9th March 2017 at 15:02
Mike told me when I visited years ago that they were found in a pond at the Woolwich Arsenal, but he didn’t know which aircraft they came from.
By: CeBro - 9th March 2017 at 13:05
is the specific serial known? And what’s the story of them before ending up at Woolwich Arsenal.
By: Sopwith - 9th March 2017 at 11:31
So Mark12, it begs the question are those Spitfire wings in the boo?:)
By: rwout - 9th March 2017 at 09:57
Indeed.
By: CeBro - 9th March 2017 at 07:06
Ah! is that the 109 in the book: the reluctant Messerschmitt?
By: scotavia - 8th March 2017 at 23:21
The forward fuselage from the 109 was the subject of an attempted restoration at Duxford for static display.
By: Mark12 - 8th March 2017 at 22:26
Here is a shot I took at Chilham in 1975.
Mark
By: thedawnpatrol - 8th March 2017 at 21:14
The Spitfire wing goes right back to Chilham Castle, where the museum was once located, in the 1970’s.
Mike Llewelyn got it from Woolwich Arsenal as I recall.
Mark
There is a pair of Spitfire Wings, from an L series Spit, as Mark says they were found at Woolwich Arsenal in the 70’s
No photography allowed to date, but as I always say, it is a fantastic and very atmospheric museum, very well worth a visit.
By: rwout - 8th March 2017 at 18:28
The two Bf109E4/B W.nr.4853 wings are from 2/JG51 flown by Lt.Eric Meyer ditched in the Channel off Hythe Kent on October 7th at 13.58hrs after being attacked by Hurricanes of 501 Squadron over Maidstone.The aircraft was lifted from sea bed in July 1976 as a joint project by Channel Divers and the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum.
By: Mark12 - 8th March 2017 at 16:52
The Spitfire wing goes right back to Chilham Castle, where the museum was once located, in the 1970’s.
Mike Llewelyn got it from Woolwich Arsenal as I recall.
Mark
By: Southern Air99 - 8th March 2017 at 16:51
They certainly didn’t last year. I went there and to the BofB memorial at Capel-le-Ferne in April.
Before anyone starts an argument about the photography policy (as I recall seeing happening a few times) I didn’t find it an issue at all.
By: Tony Kearns - 8th March 2017 at 16:07
Do they allow photography now in the Museum?
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