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Mk1 Spitfire wreckage discovered in Edinburgh

Remarkable that it is only turning up now.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/198662-world-war-ii-spitfire-wreck-discovered-at-edinburgh-botanics/

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By: VoyTech - 28th September 2010 at 14:09

Mark -According to some I work with the world is ending in 2012 so I wouldnt worry about keeping it updated for too long

Is that before or after the Olympic Games??

Olympics? I thought he meant the European Cup in Poland/Ukraine.

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By: RPSmith - 28th September 2010 at 14:00

Mark -According to some I work with the world is ending in 2012 so I wouldnt worry about keeping it updated for too long

Is that before or after the Olympic Games??:D

Roger Smith.

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By: Blue_2 - 28th September 2010 at 13:55

…So does ‘the book’ come in ring binder form, with monthly updates being posted out?! :diablo:

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By: VoyTech - 28th September 2010 at 11:18

X4560 PR-H in 609 Sqn following the landing mishap of P/O Zbigniew Olenski (Polish) on 8 November 1940.

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By: Thorgil - 26th September 2010 at 02:33

The crash site is behind the East Lodge at the Botanical Gardens and was being flown by a Rhodesian, Arthur Westcombe Searle, of 123sqn. The dig ran out at around 8ft with only small pieces being found.

Spitfire X4560 was being flown by John Bisdee of 609sqn on the 7/10/40 when he shot down an Me.110 which crashed at Cerne Abbas. Does anyone know any further details on the Me.110 ?

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By: David Burke - 22nd September 2010 at 17:51

Mark -According to some I work with the world is ending in 2012 so I wouldnt worry about keeping it updated for too long

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By: roadracer - 22nd September 2010 at 17:49

Mark 12, Cant wait for the book !

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By: Mark12 - 22nd September 2010 at 09:50

How can the book ever be finished?

Actually it can’t. 🙂

Only this week another Spitfire Memorial with substantial remains turned up in ‘Central Europe’.

The book however is in directory format with strategic pages set aside for notes or clippings.

Just like the Telephone Directory, Yellow Pages and ‘Wrecks and Relics’ it will become dated.

Although ‘G-ORDY’ has vowed never again, The data base will be maintained, new ‘in service’ images will surface, old images will be refreshed and by 2015…who knows.

Mark

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By: Robert Whitton - 22nd September 2010 at 09:44

How can the book ever be finished?

According to the “Scotsman” http://www.scotsman.com/news/Found-after-69-years-.6541467.jp
“We found fragments of the aluminium airframe, and the engine’s carburetter plate, the stainless steel cockpit catch, and pieces of the Perspex cockpit cover. The aircraft exploded into lots of pieces and the big bits were taken away after the crash.”
So it doesn’t sound as if anything substantial was located

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By: GliderSpit - 22nd September 2010 at 09:35

How can the book ever be finished?

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By: paulmcmillan - 22nd September 2010 at 09:06

X4560 5.9.41

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