This is Fiat CR.42 MM5701, now at Hendon. I took this at St Athan around the same time as the Ju-88 and Ju-87. I can’t take any credit for this one as it was completed before I took up my post. It force landed on the beach at Orfordness during the Battle of Britain. It was later test flown as BT474 and then became instructional airframe 8468M. There’s loads of info on Hakan Gustavsson’s Aviation page at http://WWW.dalnet.se/~surfcity/index.html. If your into biplanes this site is well worth a visit.
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By: SADSACK - 19th March 2002 at 16:31
RE: Another from the St Athan collection
Why on earths she got that blue rag over the cockpit? its not like shes going to get rained on!
By: philo - 15th March 2002 at 19:56
RE: Another from the St Athan collection
He she is in her present home.
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By: keithmac - 15th March 2002 at 19:05
RE: Another from the St Athan collection
Hi Steve, Yes I know what you mean. As I was in charge of the collection at St Athan I had the luxury of being able to roll them outside on fine days and try to put them in a place where they would look reasonably “period” before I took the photo’s. It’s a pity that more of the museums don’t stage photo days during the summer. It’s a bit of an effort, but making an effort for the people who pay the bills (the enthusiast’s) should be a priority. I’ll try to get around to putting some more of my photo’s on this site. The Museum of Flight have just put 4 shots of my JU-87 on their site, but there’s a glitch at the moment and they are not showing up properly.
KeithMac.
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th March 2002 at 12:23
RE: Another from the St Athan collection
Another fine picture KeithMac. I have to say it’s very nice to see these aircraft in surroundings OTHER than their current location. Nice as it is to see them protected and grouped together at Hendon, they are a bit cramped in there and the lighting isn’t really conducive to good photography.
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March 14, 2002 at 7:21 pm