Museum At Bayeux

Ok thanks Mark12 and Thunderbird167, it’s all as clear as it ever will be I suppose.:confused:

Thanks for all your help guys….

Even though it crept from typhoon to include spitfire I really don’t mind when you see the display 🙂

http://aerolegends.co.uk/Spitfire_NH341.php

Primarily NH341 according to Aerolegends

So which one was it ML295 or NH341?

Either, or, but possibly both.

The project(s) sold to the UK and NH341 sold on.

Mark

So which one was it ML295 or NH341?, there seems to be conflicting ideas on it’s identity.:)

The items in question belonged to Dr Jean-Pierre Benamou who removed them all from the Bayeux Museum some years ago. I believe all are now in storage with J-P Benamou somewhere in Normandy. I think near Tilly-sur-Seulles, which is where I last saw them.

Hope that helps?

The picture I had was of a Sabre, tail wheel, rocket and what looks like some other parts. I believe they were from MN142, I was interested in the panel to the back as I was wondering if it was anything Typhoon (it doesn’t look like tail as it has a removable panel, wing part perhaps?). I had been told that there were parts from another Typhoon but I have not been able to get a reply from the museum to confirm anything. This isn’t my picture and I don’t know who took it so apologies if anyone recognises it.

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I recall the Spitfire diorama too – the exhibit caption suggested it was one aircraft and was found along with the pilot’s remains? But obviously it contained excavated and non-excavated parts. I seem to recall a Napier Sabre engine from a Typhoon nearby and next to it a steel rack of 20mm Hispanos which IIRC were captioned as being from the same aircraft. Photos were allowed at the time and I took a few (pre-digital!), but they are packed away at the moment and I think I only took ones of the diorama and the 20mms.

I knew the Spitfire was for sale a few years ago but lost track of it. The owner of it and most of the contents of the museum took his stuff to a new museum, I can’t remember it’s name, he was very into Typhoons and had dug several, I saw some chunks at his storage unit, pretty impressive stuff he had. Chances are thats where the bits are if anywhere, pretty sure it has been discussed before.

I thought it was a composite of ML295 and NH341?

I was going to ask a similar question, i.e. what was it’s identity and where is it now.

Wasn’t the Spitfire diorama brought back to the UK and is being rebuilt as a two seater at Duxford?

I presume you are talking about the Musee de bataille de Normandie .From memory photos used to be permitted – the museum has gone through a lot of changes and the aviation room was much reduced on my last visit. They used have to have a magnificent Spitfire Mk IX crash diorama a few years back.

Found this photo from 2004 which may show part of a cannon??
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The spit diorama
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I was there too (with Huw!) and don’t recall seeing any such remains. Photography certainly wasn’t permitted while we were there, and based on the signs up in reception, it’s a permanent ban.

It’s an excellent museum, by the by!

I’m sure I took photos during previous visits.

I do seem to remember that there might be Typhoon remains of some sort at the Arromanches museum.

I was there in April and don’t recall seeing any remains. Photography is prohibited in the museum sadly!