Castle Bromwich
This one seems to come about all the time…afterall it was from this area that the equipment required to build new Spitfire main spars was ‘found’ which has enabled so many to continue. I spoke to a gentleman a couple of years ago who had been a building contractor at Castle Bromwich during the 90s. They had been order to clear some ground and they came to the floor of an old building….he tells me that they found a merlin in a packing crate complete with some paperwork. He does not know what happend to the engine as his boss then ‘took over’ and disposed of it!!!
There are a few people who say that the location of remains are known but the people in charge of the area want to keep any monies that are made from selling recovered parts…fair enough for some of it to be ploughed back in to the local area…but they wanted the money in advance and vastly overvalued what is believed to be there. If this is true then while there is any possibility of any money to be made then the engines and/or airframe parts will simply carry on rotting!!!
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