Scrapyard Photos; Any More?

Ummmm………… 2nd from left looks like a pit full of A/C & scrap, they wouldn’t have put them in there if they were not going bury them ,
would they ?????

I think the pit in question has been discussed before and I believe it was cleaned up by the scrappers after the war, unfortunately.

I think there’s some buried stuff to be found out there, though.

No, I wish I knew….

Tillerman.

Tillerman,
Got any idea of the location of the dump in the second picture? 😀

And there was more interesting to find there! Nearing the end of our 5 1/2 week holiday trip I visited the Aviation Heritage Museum in Winnelie, near Darwin. Except for the exhibits (which were looking really good), there was some kind of a storage yard behind the museum. I walked out through an emergency exit to have a look, and there were the remains of another C-47, reading the RAAF serial A65-104. So this ties up to C/N 33295, ex USAAF 44-76963. This aircraft was damaged beyond repair December on 25, 1974 by cyclone Tracy at Darwin. The nose section went to East Sale; the fwd fuselage went to Sydenham, Sydney; the tail and the wing (still on its MLG) remained stored at the Aviation Heritage Museum.
In the parking lot was the wreck of Mirage IIID A3-105, which crashed on April 26, 1984, 7 nautical miles east of Darwin.

Not really scrapyard photos, but interesting.

Tillerman.

In 2001 my wife and me drove from Perth to Darwin, Australia. In the Northern Territory we visited the village of Daly Waters (about 600 km. south-southeast of Darwin), and the world famous Daly Waters Pub, of course.
Near the village is the Daly Waters Aerodrome (DYW / YDLW), the history of this field going back to 1929. The airfield was closed in the 1970s, when long domestic flights no longer needed to land and refuel. It is now is an important heritage site in the Northern Territory. The surviving complex encompasses the hangar, accommodation, radio and navigational buildings, public toilets, Shell Oil store, apron, taxiway and runway.
Although no longer functioning as an airport, the runway is still used, and fuel is available in an emergency. The 1900 m bitumen runway 14/32 can still be used – landing procedures include an overflight of the Daly Waters hotel so pick-up will be arranged.

So far for a little background information on the airfield; I found an aircraft wreck there on my first visit in 1995, and in 2001 it was still there, to my surprise. This would be completely impossible here in Holland! Someone would have it taken home and sold for scrap. Anyway, I had recognized it as what was once a C-47, but more information was unavailable. A great help in finding out about which C-47 it was, was Mr. John Burford, owner of the website “Australian Aviation Archive” (since closed down). It was former USAAF C-47 44-76335, C/N 32667, RAAF A65-75, callsign VH-CIR. It had crashed there on October 23, 1956 and was destroyed. Afterwards some spares were cannibalised and exported to Israel, and the remains of the aircraft were left on site ever since.

Tillerman.

Just another scrap yard

Just another WWII scrap yard

colin

The colour one looks like a painting by Paul Nash.

Jay

Found these on the net, about 5 years ago. All kinds of mouthwatering Luftwaffe aircraft, dumped….

If only, somebody……

Tillerman.

Ummmm………… 2nd from left looks like a pit full of A/C & scrap, they wouldn’t have put them in there if they were not going bury them ,
would they ?????

Found these on the net, about 5 years ago. All kinds of mouthwatering Luftwaffe aircraft, dumped….

If only, somebody……

Tillerman.

Nice piccies Andy. The F2A in your photo is XN726 and the F6 I think is probably actually F2A XN795 but I cant really get a good idea of the colouring from the photo. XN795 was a development aircraft and went to Shoeburyness in bare metal. Both had their cockpits removed by Nigel Towler along with T5 XS421, but you probably know all this. 🙂

Thanks for the info, your probably right about XN759, its was in a worn grey paint scheme if my memory serves :confused:

And yes your right the cockpits ended up with Nigel Towler

Thanks for the input
Andy B

Nice piccies Andy. The F2A in your photo is XN726 and the F6 I think is probably actually F2A XN795 but I cant really get a good idea of the colouring from the photo. XN795 was a development aircraft and went to Shoeburyness in bare metal. Both had their cockpits removed by Nigel Towler along with T5 XS421, but you probably know all this. 🙂

Rocketeer – are you sure the Thruxton Dak isn’t Tim Moore’s machine in the process of dismantling? The Fleet aircraft was a fuse only with one wing going to repair the BBMF Dak.

Here is the Dak

and thanks Jan for the info

most of it ended up in the pond outside Dakotas in Fleet and the cockpit and other stuff inside the restaurant….lovely place, good food gone now.

Lots of useful bits left on 771

A few shots from DTEO Shoeburyness in 1995

Lightning XN771

T5 Lightning XS421

F6 Lightning unknown tail code

F2A Lightning unknown tail code

And a shot of the LPG spares recovery ‘team’ 😀
In the Marine Salvage yard with two of the Ex Saudi Lightnings behind, I think about 1997 on a wet miserable day.

Cheers
Andy B (LPG)

Here is the Dak

and thanks Jan for the info

The Mi-24 mock-up is possibly Whirlwind HAS 7 s/n XN382, which was sold to the Swedish Bofors arms company in 1988. It was destroyed during RB 70 trials. From memory, there was a photo of her in Flypast around 1987/88.

Regards,

Jan

I ve no idea to this day! I think i took the photo around 84/85 and the camera as usual was poor quality and the last shot on the film

Not in a scrap yard but at Thruxton back in the 80,s I think there was a Spanish Dakota there at the same time with the tail missing.

Is it a film prop? If so, any idea which film?

Not in a scrap yard but at Thruxton back in the 80,s I think there was a Spanish Dakota there at the same time with the tail missing.