Whitley bits?

Er yes! Is the pope catholic!?!

That’s a very rare find. How did you come by it?

Not dug up this time, a slightly different, AM marked unit. Any use Elliott?

A browse over the photos would be splendid, Pagen. Hopefully they will still have the meter square photo enlargement on the wall. I counted 150 Lancs before I gave up.

That’s a coincidence, I contacted the WAG archives just before Xmas and have not long had the letter back outlining what they have and how to view them.
Give me a hollah if you feel it’s worth going to the libray together.

The weather is fantastic now, and I’ve never seen the hedgerows and undergrowth so exposed.

FA The furniture hangar is still there, but unsue if it’s still the same business.

Hello Pagen, I’ve not managed to get into the field where we found the panel yet, it’s full of bulls! the landowner is getting me a key cut for the other field, so much for her being awkward. Will be taking a day trip back when the weather is less rubbish. I’d forgotten about the Stirlings, still lots to look at and a probable trip back to the photo archives. Hindenbeg and Cees, the bottle is ‘spare’ and I will avoid the Harry Hill method of deciding.

That’s great Ian – that’s a pretty rare find. It’s so rare to be able to tie up a spot where an aircraft was scrapped on an aerial photo and then find parts from it as you seem to have done! Amazing…

That goes for quite a few of the relics, FA. Modified during excavation. At least it wasn’t a toothed bucket. The exactor control is die cast alloy and the crud comes off quite well, wouldn’t hold out too much hope for the innards but I’m sure you can do something with it, Elliott. I’m guessing the wedge plate is Whitley to as it’s riveted to the Whitley wedge plate support. Teleflex control has most of the body corroded away but part number B10072 and an MHC V3 inspection stamp. Be still your beating heart?

That extinguisher was used in Mossies, Stirlings and Halifaxes among others, I am still looking for one. Won one some years ago on e-bay but the vendor had sold it on before the autction ended.

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Cees

The only thing I recall about LLandow – when I lived near there – was the Hangar full of furniture that the actor Lesley Phillips part owned.

On cleaning up stainless and other parts – a proposal from my father in law that I have also tried is Spirits of Salt i.e. 18% HCl solution available from the local hardware store.

Immerse the parts in enough solution for a day or so and after the fizzing has died down – wash in plenty of clean water.

As long as the solution is not too strong the stainless and alloy comes out pristine without any muck on it. If too strong it comes out clean – but a slightly darker colour..

The HCl solution can also be used for leaning the patio afterwards…

I have tried Bilthammer and found it worked well when warm and strong.

I don’t think they broke Stirlings at the site so probably Mossie.

Hi Ian, I think you’re right about Llandow, however slightly further SE they did break Stirlings just off the Picketston site.

Did you get into that area we last spoke of, just wondered if you ID’d those large flat alloy panels?

That goes for quite a few of the relics, FA. Modified during excavation. At least it wasn’t a toothed bucket. The exactor control is die cast alloy and the crud comes off quite well, wouldn’t hold out too much hope for the innards but I’m sure you can do something with it, Elliott. I’m guessing the wedge plate is Whitley to as it’s riveted to the Whitley wedge plate support. Teleflex control has most of the body corroded away but part number B10072 and an MHC V3 inspection stamp. Be still your beating heart?

Ian the sales pitch should be “New old stock!” not seen the light of day for 60years:diablo:

That goes for quite a few of the relics, FA. Modified during excavation. At least it wasn’t a toothed bucket. The exactor control is die cast alloy and the crud comes off quite well, wouldn’t hold out too much hope for the innards but I’m sure you can do something with it, Elliott. I’m guessing the wedge plate is Whitley to as it’s riveted to the Whitley wedge plate support. Teleflex control has most of the body corroded away but part number B10072 and an MHC V3 inspection stamp. Be still your beating heart?

Wow – you’ve found an exactor control! What kind of shape is it in? They were used to control the pitch of the prop on the Whitley… Looks like a great site!

It was much better before i clubbed it with my shovel:D

Just saw your new pics on the eu relics forum Ian – I do think you have a part of the teleflex controls there. The green alloy item below the wedge plate is Whitley – it’s a bracket which holds a camera wedge plate! Any part numbers on that strip with the three 5c/430 terminal blocks?

Wow – you’ve found an exactor control! What kind of shape is it in? They were used to control the pitch of the prop on the Whitley… Looks like a great site!

Thanks Scotavia, have picked up quite a bit of P51 from the surface at a different site, didn’t know about the Lincolns. will get in touch with one of the hopefully surviving SWhaps members up the road. It’s just scraps there now, but some interesting scraps.

Swhaps recovery from Llandow included Mustang and Lincoln parts.

I think this is Whitley, found the manufacturer ‘Exactor’ and googled back to this very forum where Elliott was requesting same. Small world etc etc..

Having found a couple more possible Mosquito bits was looking through Flikr and found a nice ID for the bottle. I don’t think they broke Stirlings at the site so probably Mossie. More to come…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48105998@N08/4445402303/in/gallery-wbaiv-72157623966954485/

Thanks Ian was busy looking at instrument panel pictures when I was typing that 🙂

Fuel jettison rather than bomb jettison, Peter. There is a good photo on page 124 of the SAM modeller’s datafile, Ant had it exactly.