Messerschmitt In Bedfordshire Barn?

Do an eBay search for: Gyroscope From Shot Down Messerschmitt 110

Still nice to see a bit of local history that I wasnt aware of until recently…

Bruce

Did hear a rumour about an ME110 being buried at Sleap airfield in Shropshire just after the war, from a local lad whilst researching a local history. No other details or confirmation though!!!

Has anyone got the pictures yet of the Lincoln fuesalage at Dunstable Yet,

I think we should start a new thread on Aircraft that may be hidden away.:diablo:

They were posted in a separate thread here

Has anyone got the pictures yet of the Lincoln fuesalage at Dunstable Yet,

I think we should start a new thread on Aircraft that may be hidden away.:diablo:

Anyone heard anymore yet on what will happen to the Messerschmitt parts with the RAF Museum

Photos of Georg Anthony’s grave stone

Today I visited the grave of Oberfeldwebel Georg Anthony. It is very well kept and is within a section given over to the fallen of WWII. I was heartened to see that there was no segregation between nationalities and there were fresh poppies and crosses on each of the graves.

The two German aircrew graves had a board with details of their last battle.

More details are available via this link.

http://www.redkitebooks.co.uk/pdfs/Hertfordshire%20WW2%20Sample%20Page.pdf

The second grave was that of Gefreiter Wolfgang Euerl who as Observer on a Special operations HE111, was mortally wounded over Bendish in Hertfordshire.

Interesting – I just found some instruments from G-37-1, all labelled up and from the Tyne engine installation!

Bruce

The Lincoln trailer is outside by the Otley building. It must be just over 20ft long to get the glider wing inside. It is the top half of the rear fuselage, you can just make out part of the G-37-1 markings on the side.

Dave

The fuselage section of the Tyne test bed Lincoln is still at the gliding club. It has been used as a trailer for a Slingsby Tutor for years. I haven’t seen it open for some time. As it takes me nearly five minutes to get their, I will pop up to the gliding club and take a photo at the week end.

Dave 🙂

Dave

Is the section stored outside still?. How much is there of the Fuselage section?

Looking forward to seeing those pics 😀

Odd thing for RAFM to take on – doesnt seem their sort of thing at all!

Still nice to see a bit of local history that I wasnt aware of until recently…

Bruce

Is a bit – but then as RAFM property it could be preserved and loaned out to an appropriate museum with proper safeguards, rather than be scrapped.

The fuselage section of the Tyne test bed Lincoln is still at the gliding club. It has been used as a trailer for a Slingsby Tutor for years. I haven’t seen it open for some time. As it takes me nearly five minutes to get their, I will pop up to the gliding club and take a photo at the week end.

Dave 🙂

Any chance of someone getting a photo please? (and sharing it on here!)

I’ve just spoken to someone I work with who is a (non-flying) member of the London Gliding Club at Dunstable. She rang her (glider pilot) husband and he confirms that it’s still there, but he didn’t mention the exact type.

That’s great to hear, do you know if it is still in use or is it now stored?. This section must be worth saving for a small museum, shame if it is still open to the elements.:(

The only thing i can think of near Leighton Buzzard is the gliding club which if i remember correctly had a large section of Lancaster/Lincoln in use as a glider store. Does anyone know if it is still there?
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I’ve just spoken to someone I work with who is a (non-flying) member of the London Gliding Club at Dunstable. She rang her (glider pilot) husband and he confirms that it’s still there, but he didn’t mention the exact type.

Tangmere

I don’t thing we ever did conclude about the Me in a barn as it was supposed to be in a barn near Leigton Buzzard, and Kimpton is around 20 miles from that location.

The only thing i can think of near Leighton Buzzard is the gliding club which if i remember correctly had a large section of Lancaster/Lincoln in use as a glider store. Does anyone know if it is still there?

In regards to the 110 recovery i think it would probably be better in a local museum, as it means more to local history and would get a wider audience.

Indeed so, Bruce.

However, I am by no means sure if we ever concluded whether or not this was the “Messerschmitt in the barn” – did we?

Either way, both engines and the hub look in serious need of some careful cleaning and preservation.

As a matter of interest, how and when did they end up where they are now?

Odd thing for RAFM to take on – doesnt seem their sort of thing at all!

Still nice to see a bit of local history that I wasnt aware of until recently…

Bruce

Told you it would turn up soon…but wasn’t the antici…pation soooo nice.:diablo:

Anne

Well, that answers that then!

Good to see that they survive having first seen them (pretty much as they are now) about thirty years ago in that farm shed.

Michael Beetham restoration facility RAF Cosford 11.11.09

Well, well ,well …. look what I found!
The chap I spoke to assured me……. that it would buff out :diablo:

cheers
JT:cool:

Rule is rules, if we did`nt have rules, where would we be ?……….France!

Not so, I wasnt born there – only raised.

And I escaped!

Bruce