THANKS, DARREN

Darren, those photos are absolutely superb! I particularly like those of the crew under the nose. The first one of those would make a great poster I’m sure!
Could I ask (as you were there!): do the crew actually operate the aircraft in WWII flying clothing or do they change into something more modern when they fly?
Thank you very much for letting us see this great work. Aerial

Could I say that I recall that:

29A Bolts and Nuts, General Hardware
29B Screws, General Hardware
29C Eyelets, Roves, Screw Cups, Washers, General Hardware
29E Pins, Woodruff Keys, General Hardware
29F Rivets, General Hardware

are all none-aircraft parts by virtue of not being qualified for airworthiness. (Not sure if I have phrased that correctly, but you get my drift?) Section 28 stuff was always more expensive for similar-looking parts. Section 36FF was Gypsy Major engine parts for Chipmunk aircraft.

Aerial

I DON’T THINK IT’S FROM A CHIPPY

My hazy memory doesn’t recall 2 vertical slots on the rhs in a Chippy.

WJ244
Thank you very much for your information which will now spur me on to discovering a bit more of their histories. Very grateful.

F-D

AT

Please accept my sincere condolences for the loss of your very good friend.

I briefly knew a Finch-Davies some 40 years ago but he was always called FD. Wondering what became of him, I tried the odd search on Friends Re-united for that surname but with no hits.

From what you say about him, I reckon that your good friend is the same person. I remember that he renovated a clapped-out Landrover, then he drove it solo from the Persian Gulf back to UK at the end of his overseas tour. Quite a daring adventure in those days! It does not surprise me to read that he continued to do those kind of things and I kind of miss him too.

Aerial