Does anybody know of any RAF/FAA stations situated near Douglas in Scotland – and were any MUs based there?
Just interested by this comment on Hyperscale
“Years ago I worked with an old guy in Glasgow.
He told me that , after the war his job in the army was to drive trucks to a massive hole, near Douglas. He said the bottom layers were full of spitfires etc. and they just drove all the trucks on top till the hole was filled, then they covered it all up with soil.
no reason why they aren’t still there”
Yarn or any modicum of truth ?.
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By: JDA - 1st May 2012 at 23:55
Douglas, Scotland
63 MU was based at RAF Carluke, a large hanger & storage area was located on Airdrie Road Carluke, the hanger may been demolished recently.
Several years I was told that skips full of aircraft parts from Carluke (large metal sections, seats, canopies) were in a contractors yard in Biggar (quite near to Carluke),all were scrapped (where??), I was given a home made trolley which had been used in the yard for many years, the wheels had 5 cut outs & the hubs had traces of white paint, the hubs were marked AH2061 Issue 26, possible Mk1 /Mk5 Spitfire?
Douglas is near to to Carluke/Biggar, It is possible that parts were buried in the area, the metal detector is ready!!
By: jeepman - 1st May 2012 at 23:36
…..and the hole was sooooo big that the pit went all the way to Burma, and so SEAC filled it in from the other side, too! 😀
I did wonder whether it might save somebody a trip out to Burma:diablo:
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st May 2012 at 23:24
…..and the hole was sooooo big that the pit went all the way to Burma, and so SEAC filled it in from the other side, too! 😀
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