If you are a Facebook user, type Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar into the search box, and you’ll find it.
Its a rebuild based on remains recovered from Malta.
A replica then. Sadly I can’t receive Facebook via ‘work’ internet, but will have a look later. Nevertheless it’s great to see another Spitfire creation, whatever its provenance (or lack thereof).
No! You can’t quote a drawing. The Molesworth books were written by Geoffrey Willans (although Molesworth senior is known to lay claim to authorship of the works) and illustrated by Ronald Searle – as any fule [should] no!
There is one American forum that I occasionally visit that thinks this guy is the cat’s behind! I almost got the boot when I mentioned how he rips off other sites, forums and books to post ” his ” stuff and how he never ever makes any comments afterwards.
Chris
Sorry to hear that Chris, but not surprised. It doesn’t take much effort to be a respected ‘expert’ these days!
I’ve noticed this on a lot of Tiger Moths: I assumed it was a DH thing and not ‘approved’ in any way.
Going back to WW1, it seemed that anything went, and that aircraft markings were very much at the whim of the sign-writers: I have seen dots, dashes and even the odd apostrophe between the first letter and subsequent digits of an aircraft serial number.
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