By: 41bronco - 18th March 2011 at 12:08
Thanks all for taking the time to post your responses.
Would anyone have any (or direct me to where I can find) information on what happened to it before it was listed as Category B on 10/10/1940? Accident, damaged in an air raid, mechanical?
By: David Legg - 17th March 2011 at 21:57
L4433 is a Miles Mentor I. According to Air Britain it flew with the Station Flight at Manston, It was taken for repair (no reason given) on 18/10/40 and there is no further trace of the aircraft.
Regards,
kev35
The above info is from Air-Britain’s RAF Aircraft L1000 – N9999. Peter Amos’s simply fantastic Miles Aircraft – The Early Years, also from Air-Britain, adds a little more…
c/n 475 L4433 To 19 Maintenance Unit, St Athan, 9/5/1939. To Station Flight Manston, 7/6/1939. To Phillips & Powis Cat. B 10/10/1940. Upgraded to Cat. E, 18/10/1940. (Cat.B = Beyond repair on site; Cat.E = Write-off)
By: FiltonFlyer - 17th March 2011 at 18:29
It certainly looks like Filton, with the RAF hangars on the left (still extant) looking south east. The white building in the distance is the old Bristol Flying School, which became Fedden House (since demolished, now the Royal Mail sorting office). I am not aware of any association of the type with Filton.
Andy
By: kev35 - 17th March 2011 at 12:33
L4433 is a Miles Mentor I. According to Air Britain it flew with the Station Flight at Manston, It was taken for repair (no reason given) on 18/10/40 and there is no further trace of the aircraft.
Regards,
kev35
By: Jagx204 - 17th March 2011 at 12:30
It certainly is…
L4392 to L4436 Miles M.16 Mentor I
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