Dormer Pramet helping ambitious project to rebuild ‘extinct’ Stirling bomber

Dormer Pramet has donated sheet metal drills and stub drills to the Alconbury-based Stirling Aircraft Project for use in building the historic aircraft.
The Short Stirling was the first of the RAF’s four-engine bombers and would have been a regular sight in the skies over Huntingdonshire during the Second World War.
More than 2,300 Stirlings, which were bigger than the later Lancaster and Halifax bombers, were built but none now exist.

The Stirling project is recreating the forward part of the bomber’s fuselage, including the cockpit area, using recovered and newly-built parts.
John Lathwell, project secretary, said: “We are re-building an ‘extinct’ aircraft by constructing the forward fuselage section of the Short Stirling, incorporating the main crew stations. This will then be a lasting tribute to the people who designed, built, flew and maintained this historic aircraft.
“As a UK-registered charity we must rely on donations and good will gestures from companies such as Dormer Pramet to keep the project going, so we are very grateful for their support.”
Mr Lathwell added: “Our eventual aim is to have a completed cockpit on display at RAF Museum Hendon, where future generations can view and experience the Stirling.”
The Dormer Pramet equipment will be used to drill imperial bolts, rivets and split pins.

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