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  • in reply to: Vickers Wellesley: Any surviving components in the world? #709660
    yakoyakdiddy
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    Powerandpassion, that’s fantastic! Are you aware of any other bits and bobs that may have survived?

    in reply to: Vickers Wellesley: Any surviving components in the world? #695236
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    in reply to: Vickers Wellesley: Any surviving components in the world? #695645
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    in reply to: Vickers Wellesley: Any surviving components in the world? #710067
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    There have been some fascinating desert restorations. But I was genuinely hoping there might be bits and bobs in a private collection somewhere, akin to the Hs 129 cockpit in Australia.

    in reply to: A 1:1 scale Westland Whirlwind #696188
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    in reply to: A 1:1 scale Westland Whirlwind #710665
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    I have to throw in my 2 pence, as having visited the museum and being blown away by the extraordinary kindness by the team at KBBM, my experience there has been the complete opposite.
    They’ve had some very serious thefts there in the past, which as has been fairly pointed out, is a problem affecting all museums. If I understand correctly, they’ve also had a number of items for display donated by families of airmen, who stipulated that no photographs be taken of said artifacts. I can fully respect and understand that.
    I would implore people to give it a visit; not only does it have a superb collection, but it is the definitive source of Battle of Britain items. 
    As said, was very much taken back by the way I was treated there, they were extremely friendly and answered all my research based questions comprehensively. 

    in reply to: Vickers 'S' 40mm #1783008
    yakoyakdiddy
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    Are there any surviving Vickers 40mm S guns in Museums? A cursory search yields only Rolls-Royce versions that have been preserved.

    in reply to: Spitfire L1007 – Colour scheme/ markings? #728376
    yakoyakdiddy
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    This is the only other photograph I can find of L1007, and as you can see, doesn’t really yield that much more information

    in reply to: Spitfire L1007 – Colour scheme/ markings? #728391
    yakoyakdiddy
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    Much obliged, DazDaMan. I’ve heard variations of that some time ago, but as mentioned earlier, would be nice if anyone is aware of a telltale photograph.

    in reply to: Indeed, albeit I can't… #740875
    yakoyakdiddy
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    Indeed, albeit I can’t elaborate further.
    It seems AL 557’s stint in 120 was quite brief, but I still would venture that the colours it would have used would be the usual grey/ white.

    in reply to: https://www.rafcommands.com… #740883
    yakoyakdiddy
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    https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=al557

    Similar sites that are databases for RAF aircraft

    The above mentioned book (which is very comprehensive), and good old Google searching.
    Do you happen to have further information to clarify the question I have? Would be fantastic if you do.

    in reply to: Does anyone have photographs… #740960
    yakoyakdiddy
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    Does anyone have photographs of AL557 from its time with 120 Squadron? I can’t find anything, and it’s not been without effort. I also happen to have the excellent “B-24 LIBERATOR IN RAF COASTAL COMMAND SERVICE”, but there’s no mention of this aircraft within.

    Of particular interest would be precisely what colour scheme it had when it was with 120 Sqdn. I’m going to assume temperate sea/ slate/ extra dark grey and white, but would be nice to have confirmation of that.

     

    in reply to: lancaster and lincoln cockpits #745149
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    That’s incredible, Mark!
    I really hope there’s a forward fuselage out there somewhere. There’s something brilliant about the stretched, unusual GR 31!

    in reply to: lancaster and lincoln cockpits #745393
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    I’m wondering if there are any surviving parts of the RAAF GR Mk 31s?
    As far as I know, there aren’t any complete airframes, but would be fantastic if there was at least something around from these unique aircraft.

    in reply to: Famous V1 flipping photograph #748675
    yakoyakdiddy
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    Found it!
    It was indeed a Tempest.

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