What happened to the Spanish Typhoon found in '79

Ah Cees, that sounds as if I made more big “missers”you knew about, but I didn’t. So, I am very curious. Gr Roger

Je moest eens weten Roger :p

Gr

Cees

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If only you knew Roger

Nooit geweten Cees! One of my biggest “missers” I can remember. Gr Roger

Como digo! To be honest, the Hellcat looked like **** when compared to the JU-88. It was a complete machine, with wings on it and everything. It was found in the nets of a fishing ship and was brought onshore in 1 piece. After years in the harbour it was scrapped. I still have some pieces of it here at home. BW Roger

The full story was published in Aeroplane including a full colour photo.

Cees

We had a holiday house in Blanes but the news didn’t reach me, so I didn’t know. The fact that it was for 2 or 3 years dumped in the harbour, where I didn’t came anymore for years, was unknown to me. Had I know, for sure I had made some calls and it should have been safed. I just didn’t know. from that moment on, I went to the harbour everyday the ships come in, but the only thing that was ever brought in was a leg of the 88 (I think). That was also scrapped, but not after some parts were removed by me. There was a pic in Flypast some years ago (5 to 10 years) ago. I think it was in the january or february issue of 96 or 97. It shows the boat with the 88 hanging in the nets. BW Roger

What can we say to that? It’s a ****** shame. 🙁

Are there any pics of the JU88 after its recovery by any chance?

J.V.

Como digo! To be honest, the Hellcat looked like **** when compared to the JU-88. It was a complete machine, with wings on it and everything. It was found in the nets of a fishing ship and was brought onshore in 1 piece. After years in the harbour it was scrapped. I still have some pieces of it here at home. BW Roger

Yes. This looks like a sad loss. But for those who still might have some doubts; now we can all see that it is a Helcat.

Thanks for the link Paul.

J.V.

Cheers. I’d not seen the second more detailed set – makes the loss seem worse somehow as looked to be in quite good condition considering…
OAWs

Try

http://community.webshots.com/album/51304144kxIcVu

Instead

Paul,

Your link doesn’t seem to work. Can you check this please. I do want to take a look there.

Greets,

J.V.

I do not remember ever seeing this article but as far as I know Typhoons never operated that far south. Their theatre was only over a limited part of Europe which included France, Holland, Belgium & Germany (I exclude the 4 middle east and the 1 Russian Typhoons). They didn’t even operate over any of the scandinavian countries. The only way that this could have found its way that far south is if the pilot got lost!!! Any chance you could scan the article? Does it have a picture of the recovery?

Dave

Already available!

http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=51304144

Sad to hear these airframes where scrapped. This brings back memories about that tread of some recovered B-17 in Switzerland that wasn”t able to survive in one piece. Only smaller parts did survive.

J.V.

You’d have been able to tell if was a Tiffie or not if YOU’D found it! 😀

Blimey! I know Rosas well, and never knew that story. My grandparents lived for many years in Ampuriabrava, just down the road, and I spent many hours swimming/fishinh/boating in the bay.

Thanks for the info. Such a waste. There are many items over the years that have slipped though “our” fingers…
I will admit not not being convinced of the type from the photo.
I will see if I can scan it tonight and see if I can get it to work from here… Can’t promise anything but will try.
OAW

Dave, I sat in it, it was a Hellcat

Spanish Typhoon…

I do not remember ever seeing this article but as far as I know Typhoons never operated that far south. Their theatre was only over a limited part of Europe which included France, Holland, Belgium & Germany (I exclude the 4 middle east and the 1 Russian Typhoons). They didn’t even operate over any of the scandinavian countries. The only way that this could have found its way that far south is if the pilot got lost!!! Any chance you could scan the article? Does it have a picture of the recovery?

Dave

It was a Hellcat, and after spending some time (years) in the backyard of the local Guardia Civil , it was scrapped. Only the armament remains in a small display at/near the police station. Even worse, an almost complete JU-88 was scrapped in Blanes, some 80 km from where the Hellcat found its end. BW Roger

typhoon?

Arm Waver

I too saw this article recently and wondered the same? However, IS it a typhoon? Please correct me if I’m wrong, but it also looks like a lowback P47 in the picture? The number of guns in the wings? Did typhoons operate in the location where it was found?

Can you scan/post the picture on the forum for others to comment?