Reminds me of the time I was snooping around the back of Hurn Airport (now known as Bournemouth International) and came across the front windscreen from a Mosquito. Went back a couple of weeks later to see if I could retrieve it but it had gone. Would have had problems getting it past security on my push bike anyway.
A few years later (when I could read and write) I was told that two Mosquito’s were scrapped there (believe they were ex Spartan airframes en route to Israel but never made it)
Again, a few years later, when I worked at Hurn I discovered the remains of two Mosquito’s buried in the bushes, I did take photo’s at the time and sent them to the Mosquito Aircraft Museum who confirmed that they were the remains of Mosquito’s, unfortunately they had been badly burn’t and the only parts left were the wing spars and the remnants of wings and nothing of any use could be salvaged.
I never told anyone what I had found, if I did they would have been trashed, Are they still there ? I left the airport eleven years ago so it’s anybody’s guess that they still survive.
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