Pranged 609 Typhoon

Looks repairable anyway.

Anon.

A Typhoon did belly land at Dedham Vale [ East Bergholt ] I have a picture of it somewhere but the location does look similar. I know its a long shot though.

Graham

From early 1942 a rear-view mirror was mounted in a perspex blister moulded into the “car-door” canopy roofs. This modification was not particularly successful, because the mirror was subject to vibration.
After successful trials of an all-new, clear, one-piece sliding “Bubble” canopy at RAF Northolt in January 1943; from August 1943, as an interim measure, pending the introduction of the new “bubble” canopy, the aerial mast and its associated bracing was removed and replaced with a whip aerial further back on the rear fuselage. These new canopies and their associated new windscreen structure which had slimmer frames, provided a far superior field of view to the car-door type, and, from November 1943 all production aircraft, from aircraft serial number ”JR333” were so fitted.

Oh, from other pics it’s not Haabjoern or Payne. At what point did the blister come into use on top of the cockpit, that may help?

If a farm it could be Humphrey Gilbert – Catwater Farm, engine failure on take-off from Duxford. He was in Angels One Five you know. Got booted off the squadron as he was a crap pilot and rode a horse in the mess.

Looks like a wheels up near a farm?