Hello All,
Would any one have any high resolution photographs of the restoration of Martinet MS902 at the Berkshire Aviation Museum circa 1999 – 2002? I have been in contact with the restoration team but they only have a few photos as detailed on the web page.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
Tim
By: No.2 A.A.C.U. - 28th February 2013 at 20:27
We’ve got this section in the Manx Aviation & Military Museum collection. There is no provenance for it although it is most likely from one of 11 Air Gunnery School’s aircraft.
Derbyhaven,
Thank you for the update I was unaware that the Manx Aviation & Military Musuem held this part. I have added this to my list of surviving parts, does the museum hold any photographs of No.11 AGS Martinets?
Kind regards,
Tim
By: Derbyhaven - 25th February 2013 at 08:32
Martinet canopy section
We’ve got this section in the Manx Aviation & Military Museum collection. There is no provenance for it although it is most likely from one of 11 Air Gunnery School’s aircraft.
By: Zidante - 25th February 2013 at 08:24
Hi Tim,
From the grid reference given here http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515819/details/MILES+MARTINET+I+HP143/
and the story I’ve been told, the aircraft came to rest on the western edge of Hunts Bay. For at least the past 25 years this has been a rocky beach and that end of it is an extensive area of rock pools. It might have been more sandy in 1945 though. I don’t recall ever seeing anything else down there or heard tales of any other recovered parts. It isn’t impossible to get a vehicle close to the site so I assume the major parts were removed. The canopies themselves were used as garden cloches (weren’t they all!) and they are pictured in Steven H Jones’ book Fallen Flyers which covers the wartime air accidents in Gower.
Good to hear of the progress on the Martinet at Woodley, best wishes to the team and I look forward to seeing it again sometime soon.
By: Wyvernfan - 24th February 2013 at 21:55
Sorry Tim but i’m not sure if it does. Forumite Ben (Texantomcat) is the fella to ask regarding the Sywell museum.
Rob
By: No.2 A.A.C.U. - 24th February 2013 at 20:53
Hi Tim, you probably already know about this one but the lovely little Sywell aviation museum have this Martinet canopy section.
Rob
edit.. apologies as just realised this is an old thread.
Hi Rob,
I do have a note and photo of this pilot hood does the display note if it is from a specific airframe or just one of the many that have survived?
Regards,
Tim
By: No.2 A.A.C.U. - 24th February 2013 at 20:50
The Berkshire Aviation Museum have (or at least had) another set of Martinet canopies that I gifted them back in around 2002. These came from HP143 of No1 Armament Practice Camp at RAF Fairwood. It made a forced landing in August (?) 1945 after engine failure.
Does anyone have any idea what markings it would have carried at the time?
How is the restoration at Woodley progressing? I haven’t been able to get there for years and the website updates are quite a way out of date now.
Zidante,
I was unaware that Berkshire Aviation Museum had the canopies from HP143, I was there a year ago and do not recall seeing them. I will ask the team to see if they are still on site was anything else recovered along with the hoods? With regard to progress I believe that steady progress is being made and that a commission has recently been placed to form new engine cowls. Sorry cannot help with the No.1 APC scheme.
Kind regards,
Tim
By: Wyvernfan - 23rd February 2013 at 20:47
Hi Tim, you probably already know about this one but the lovely little Sywell aviation museum have this Martinet canopy section.
Rob
edit.. apologies as just realised this is an old thread.
By: Zidante - 23rd February 2013 at 20:13
Apologies for reviving a zombie…
The Berkshire Aviation Museum have (or at least had) another set of Martinet canopies that I gifted them back in around 2002. These came from HP143 of No1 Armament Practice Camp at RAF Fairwood. It made a forced landing in August (?) 1945 after engine failure.
Does anyone have any idea what markings it would have carried at the time?
How is the restoration at Woodley progressing? I haven’t been able to get there for years and the website updates are quite a way out of date now.
By: No.2 A.A.C.U. - 4th March 2012 at 20:10
Hi Pistonrob,
Yes W.A.R.G. do indeed have a complete canopy and detachable skirting section from a Martinet as do the Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust and the Malta Aviation Museum. If anyone knows of any further surviving sections I would be interested in recording their location.
Kind regards,
Tim
By: pistonrob - 3rd March 2012 at 19:02
i think the Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group (WARG) at Sleap Airfield in Shropshire have a complete front to back canopy section from one of these
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