Scrapyard Photos; Any More?

Scrap at Cosford

In reply to the small amount of scrap found at RAF Cosford. I remember as a small child , I used to go exploring around the lanes near Cosford , My father was a civilian instructor there & we lived in the next village of Albrighton.On the far side of the airfield ( otherside from controll tower) is the Old Worcester Rd. Entrance/Crash gate.On the lefthand side of the Gate was a large concrete hardstanding. On here were disposable Aircraft piled high & scattered all over this area.This would be 1951-2 & I would be 6-7 years old. My mind may play tricks now ,but I believe they were mainly Tempests, Typhoons ,Spits & Hurricanes. My mates & I used to sneak in and play on them.Usually to be told to B—-er off By the Minestry Police or by a couple of blokes with an old Austin/Bedford lorry.We were told it was private & dangerous, & threats to tell our Dads.Come to think of it the lorry seemed equipped with Oxy Cutting gear. If there were any fumes left in those tanks , I think it was the scrap men in danger not us kids.Anybodyelse remember Cosford 1950–58???:confused:;)

Scrapyard photos

A few from RAF St Mawgan during the 1990s.

Comet??

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It’s the aircraft holding unit at Abbottsinch which was all cleared to make way for the new Glasgow Airport when Renfrew Airport was shut down.

Another photo from the same source, this is Abbotsinch in the 60’s, is this a scrapyard or a very poor parking job ? Keith.

………..but it’s not brick built !

Oh that is just wide open for a funny caption or something.. Big outhouse!

An ex-outhouse?

Well this was used an an outhouse!

Shame those wernt saved but the less we have the more we appreciate them i spose
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Wouldn’t you just like to step back in time and be the lorry driver driving of with that F-86 Sabre front end (and bits) in the trailer!

cf100’s

Recently found this image, and instantly thought of you people, I know nothing about it except it is possibly at Prestwick in the 60s and is credited to Colin Lourie, and I think its a scrapyard !!! Enjoy. Keith.

Definately CF100 fighters in the scrap yard.

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE LICHFIELD ASSOCIATION

hi, i have a very good friend who in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

who found a complete aileron from a hawker typhoon, lying on the surface at litchfield, a town north east of birmingham city, UK ,I think ,

i met someone else who jumped down into a ditch there to take a pee, who bashed his knee on a “Armour Plate” from a typhoon there as well,

now i know there was a major scrapping operation there, many moons ago,
But my question is, 1= Does the site still exist and does anyone remember which fields it is in?, and 2, is anything left?, and 3 ,if there is a possibility of anything left, who would be keen on doing a magnetometer survey over th site (permission permitted) with me ,some time in th future ?,

Could this be RAF Lichfield known locally as Fradley ?
The THE ROYAL AIR FORCE LICHFIELD ASSOCIATION web site is http://www.raf-lichfield.co.uk/home.htm

The Curborough sprint circuit does use part of the old Fradley airfield.

hi, i have a very good friend who in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

who found a complete aileron from a hawker typhoon, lying on the surface at litchfield, a town north east of birmingham city, UK ,I think ,

i met someone else who jumped down into a ditch there to take a pee, who bashed his knee on a “Armour Plate” from a typhoon there as well,

now i know there was a major scrapping operation there, many moons ago,
But my question is, 1= Does the site still exist and does anyone remember which fields it is in?, and 2, is anything left?, and 3 ,if there is a possibility of anything left, who would be keen on doing a magnetometer survey over th site (permission permitted) with me ,some time in th future ?,

The Curborough motor racing sprint circuit is located just off the A38 road between Burton on Trent and Lichfield. Around the Circuit are areas of old concrete and the bases of old buildings and nearby are MU type hangars dotted about, these are now used for industrial prposes. It certainly looks like it was the site of a MU.
Be nice if a few bits of Typhoon were to be lurking there.

Richard

litchfield uk find early 90s

hi, i have a very good friend who in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

who found a complete aileron from a hawker typhoon, lying on the surface at litchfield, a town north east of birmingham city, UK ,I think ,

i met someone else who jumped down into a ditch there to take a pee, who bashed his knee on a “Armour Plate” from a typhoon there as well,

now i know there was a major scrapping operation there, many moons ago,
But my question is, 1= Does the site still exist and does anyone remember which fields it is in?, and 2, is anything left?, and 3 ,if there is a possibility of anything left, who would be keen on doing a magnetometer survey over th site (permission permitted) with me ,some time in th future ?,

From http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/RCAF_18351_18400_detailed.html

18363 Avro Canada CF-100 Mk. 4B Canuck

With No. 409 AW(F) Squadron at RCAF Station Comox, BC, c.1955/57. Served with No. 4 Wing, Baden-Soellingen, Germany and No. 440 AW(F) Squadron at Zweibrucken, Germany. One of the last 2 CF-100s to be ferried out of Baden, on 9 January 1963, when it was flown to Prestwick for scrapping.

I’m sure there are more like this

canadian airforce in the uk? all these aircraft are canadian airforce, im pretty sure that the chap in white is stood next to a CF100. wouldnt they have been flown home to be scrapped?

Many years ago I purchased an MBEU seat from a scrapyard at Stone in Staffs. I was only a teenager & it was about the biggest piece I could get for the few pounds that I had at the time! 😀 I recall writing off to Martin Baker giving them the serial numbers hoping they would identify which aircraft it came from – I was convinced it was from a Lightning as two fuselages lay nearby – Back came a nice letter and free book on the development of ejection seats. They explained they could not attribute a seat to an individual aircraft, but could positively tell me that my seat was from a CF100 Canuck 😮 Often wondered how on earth it ended up there! :confused:

Scottish Aviation Limited AT prestwick Airport used to have the contract to service and store RCAF aircraft and presumably this was the end of the CF-100 period.

Oh happy days of sneaking round the SAL hangars in the early 70s logging 90 odd CF-104s…

Fantastic photo…. they look like RCAF CF-100 Canucks. Any idea where and when?

Cheers,
Richard

canadian airforce in the uk? all these aircraft are canadian airforce, im pretty sure that the chap in white is stood next to a CF100. wouldnt they have been flown home to be scrapped?

Recently found this image, and instantly thought of you people, I know nothing about it except it is possibly at Prestwick in the 60s and is credited to Colin Lourie, and I think its a scrapyard !!! Enjoy. Keith.

The Historic Aircraft Museum at Southend did try to rescue the B2 from Dixons scrapyard but in the 70’s the owner refused to part with it for less than £250 which was quite a lot of money then particularly for a battered fuselage that would have to be recovered from a tree.
I remember seeing a picture of it published in Flypast at the time it was finally rescued. What puzzles me is that I remember the picture showed the fuselage with the wings propped up on oil drums to make a fairly complete but battered airframe. IT appears that only the fuselage survives now (and even that is in a very delicate state) so what happened to the wings that were in the photo suppossedly taken at around the time that the airframe was rescued. Surely the wings can’t have disappeared during the last 20 years or so.
Can anyone shed any light on this please.
If it helps the photo and rescue rport were sent in by Simon Murdoch – a name familiar to most Southend enthusiasts from the 60’s and 70’s.