AW Albemarle

Theres still a massive quantity of steel and stainless tubing structure and cluster joints, but virtually impossible to recover because access with machinery is difficult and these are huge assemblies.
It has also been fly-tipped on for the past 50 odd years and is a pretty awful environment to work in.
As I understood it, the RAF removed about two “sets” of airframe parts when they were there around 20 years ago.
I would dearly love to know what else is underneath all this framework, it is about 20 feet deep in places and I have picked up all sorts of other parts on a previous visit which had nothing to do with the Albermarle.
I did get a licence from the land owners around 12 years ago, plus the use of a mobile crane and temporary traffic lights etc, but when it came to do the recovery most of our helpers were suddenly and inexplicably busy doing other things! 😡

Incidentally, there was also a quarry on the other side of the road, long since filled in, and the farmer described to me what it looked like after the war ended, basically half full of airframes and engines.

Anyone got a giant-sized x-ray machine?! 😉

Peter

Well I have a spade and a few spare weekends if that helps!? 🙂

From a thirty year old Aviation news…much abbreviated!!!

“In the North of England some Albemerle centre sections have been found but details being kept secret…..”

“….the remains of one lie on the Roches , a hill near Leek.”

“Russia recd a number of Albemerles but what they were used for is obscure”

“…The Rusian crews were trained at Errol near Dundee.one of these aircraft,P1503 ,hit a hill near Aberfeldy….its remains are said to be still there…”

and NO I dont have too many of these ancient Aviation News mags….damn it!!! 🙁

According to Al682 the quarry still contains a lot of Albemarle components.
What’s still up there?

Cees

Theres still a massive quantity of steel and stainless tubing structure and cluster joints, but virtually impossible to recover because access with machinery is difficult and these are huge assemblies.
It has also been fly-tipped on for the past 50 odd years and is a pretty awful environment to work in.
As I understood it, the RAF removed about two “sets” of airframe parts when they were there around 20 years ago.
I would dearly love to know what else is underneath all this framework, it is about 20 feet deep in places and I have picked up all sorts of other parts on a previous visit which had nothing to do with the Albermarle.
I did get a licence from the land owners around 12 years ago, plus the use of a mobile crane and temporary traffic lights etc, but when it came to do the recovery most of our helpers were suddenly and inexplicably busy doing other things! 😡

Incidentally, there was also a quarry on the other side of the road, long since filled in, and the farmer described to me what it looked like after the war ended, basically half full of airframes and engines.

Anyone got a giant-sized x-ray machine?! 😉

Peter

No idea, I know he spent years digging bits out of a quarry at Aspatria and still goes up there.

According to Al682 the quarry still contains a lot of Albemarle components.
What’s still up there?

Cees

No idea, I know he spent years digging bits out of a quarry at Aspatria and still goes up there.

Any idea how much original material there is?

As far as i am aware little progress has been made, though trying to get info out of the person behind the project is worse than blood from a stone.