Thanks for heads up windhover. Bit pricey and I’d prefer to make it myself if I possibly can. ;O)

From Bruce Robinson’s ‘British Military Aircraft Serials 1912-1963’ (Ian Allan 1964) provides this:

S1373 is one of a batch of 39 Fairey IIIF, S1370-1408 ordered 1929. There are a number of batches of Fairey IIIFs before and after, some noted as all metal, which presumably means that this batch were not.

Was there ever an Air Britain Military S- Serials monograph, for a summary of her service and fate?

A quick ‘Google’ will bring up a great number of Fairey IIIF references, as a general introduction to a type the Wikipedia entry is a good start for general information.

That’s brilliant. Thanks very much viscount.

I think it’s a Fairey III.F.

Rob

Thanks. You were fast! I’ll start looking into that. Not one I’ve ever heard of!

The Chipmunk Starter Carts were quite small – from memory they were approx shotgun cart sized (but please bear in mind I have not loaded a Chippie Breech since 1980)
rgds baz

Thanks Baz. These would be quite small. Probably around 20mm diameter.

Do they differ according to engine? Do the ones fitted to piston engined whirlwind helicopters differ for instance?

I wouldn’t know. It needs someone who’s worked on these aircraft to answer that I guess. Hopefully someone with hands on experience will chip in.