Well Boeing has been known to moan about ‘unlawful tax breaks’ that competitors ‘get’. The fact that some of their own Government orders were on the strength of a nod and a wink is by the by.

I don’t know about the ’40’s but later type specific engine tools were in section 63. If I remember correctly RR Conway tools (Victor K2) were 63AE.

For the trolley acc, have you tried a local commercial vehicle workshop? They might have some reasonable acc’s available.

Fibreglass on the oil cooler intakes. Was that there already?

I cannot find any photos anymore. I can tell you it landed with the u/c up because I saw it happen. I was outside walking the wings of a Lightning just out of storage and saw it skidding down the runway. The pilot departed in a great hurry, he also left the Station that way..
It was lifted and the u/c was dropped then towed into our hangar (ASF) where it was repaired. The ventral and a wing tip had the most damage. XR752 was the first production F6 built, first as the interim (F3a) then later fully modded to F6.

I’ve seen a couple of types land with no u/c. Lightning, Jaguar..

XS422 is on the way?