I think it ended up at Duxford, together with the remains of a B17 from the same yard.

I cannot recall what happened after that, except I seem to remember reading that “someone” had decided they were too far gone to restore.

The B17 co-pilot’s control column is a foot away from me as I type and my chum has the other one – happy days! 🙂

Does anyone know the whereabouts of the B-26 rear fusalage section that was on display at the ‘Rebel air museum’ at Earls Colne.?

This will be the one found in a Warrington scrapyard, circa 1970/71.

I have the engine control pedestal from the same aeroplane. Me and my pal spent a very cold and wet afternoon stripping it out of the cockpit.

Sadly, someone had beaten us to the control yokes or we would have had them too!

The Seafire 47 has the electric type with the ‘D’ grip.

Yes, I’m beginning to wonder if I’m confusing my open cockpit Seafires. You could play in the ‘pit of the Seafire 47 at Blackpool before it and NX611 were auctioned – maybe that’s where my half-memory comes from? :confused:

Here’s a Seafire XV…

…hmmm, wonder if it’s too late to sue Reflectaire over radium?

Didn’t the Spitfire Mk 22 have the ‘pneumatic’ button?

Don’t know much about the individual Marks of Spitfire and their gun firing systems. The AH8400 reference covers the spade grip, not the gun firing button, so maybe the Spitfire 22 had the pneumatic type?

I seem to recall that the late Mark Seafire in the FAAM at Yeolvilton has the type of button seen here (known as the Selective Electric) and so does the Spiteful XIV, for what it’s worth….

Much nicer than this nasty modern rubbish…

Gauges that are luminous tend to have a * next to the serial or Mk (for instance ASIs are typically a Mk IX……so if it is Mk IXe* it will be luminous.

😮 Not so, Rocketeer!

A “*” after the Mk. No. on the Mk.IX series of A.S.I.s merely indicates that it is calibrated in knots. There may well then be a version with a luminised face and another with the fluorescent finish.

Example….

Mk. IXA Airspeed Indicator 20 to 240 m.p.h.
6A/1541 Luminous finish
6A/1542 Non-luminous finish
6A/1615 Fluorescent finish

Mk. IXA* Airspeed Indicator 20 to 210 knots
6A/1543 Luminous finish
6A/1544 Non-luminous finish
6A/1616 Fluorescent finish

Similarly, the “*” after a wartime Mk. III boost gauge indicates that it has a different mechanism which does not require a fuel trap, unlike the earlier Mk. IIIs. There are then luminous and fluorescent versions of each Mk.

The “*” version of the Mk. IB Rate of Climb Indicator also comes in luminous and fluorescent finishes, the “*” indicates something else entirely.

Well the numbers you’ve quoted sound like U.K. Dunlop parts so I would have thought the Mustang was unlikely.

I can’t pick it up from the numbers so is there anything on the tyre that might help? The size is usually a good clue.