In a nutshell, global conspiracy, Nazi ‘Wunderwaffe’, a diappeared SS General (Kammler) and a lot of seemingly odd remnants. Oh and rumours of a weird device called ‘Die Glocke’ or ‘ The Bell’ which seems to have had nasty side effects on anyone nearby…….
Bought the book (Bob Dorr’s novel): a great story akin to Clive Cussler. However I did worry that some might not recognise it as a work of fiction…
Not always: Sqns with Flights often allotted A to M for ‘A’ Flight machines and N to Z (or similar) for ‘B’ Flight. As aircraft were lost, replacements would then take over the missing letters. So in time, the allocation would look rather random.
It’s interesting that Moose was repainted from a glossy finish into a matt finish for the film, but still in the incorrect colour: were the five P-51s repainted at different locations?
Clearly the colour in the line-up (and others from the ‘film’ period) show her to be matt finish, and to my eyes the same colour (similar then) to one of the others. But then when one looks at the lineup, they all look slightly different in colour/tone. Deliberate maybe?
The background to the painting of Candyman/Moose was explained by Paul Coggan in a Warbirds Wordwide special called Mustangs Worldwide if you can find a copy.
Here are a couple of photos I took during the filming of Memphis Belle. Candyman/Moose is a different colour from its brethren.
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‘221 in the last photo looks to be the same colour as the final aircraft in the lineup (‘4727..’)?
Thanks for that Sabrejet.
Oborne is a couple of miles to the east of Sherborne. The Hurricane crashed in Oborne Road on the outskirts of Sherborne. I will arrange to have the glazing taken out of our store so that I can tell you more. It won’t be for a few days though.
I would be interested in the details and photograph of O’Callaghan – thanks for the offer. I will see if anybody, locally, knows any more.
I have only just started looking into this aspect of Sherborne’s history and it will be interesting to see what comes to light. I know the Museum also has some minute fragments said to be from the crash site of an He 111 which was shot down by a Beaufighter and crashed at Oborne on the 7th May 1941.
The aircraft crashed on a night training flight in the early hours of 13th, Pilot W/O Russell, Nav P/O Lovatt, and Navigators under instruction P/O Margrie, P/O Langston, P/O Tinkess and Sgt EG Williams killed.
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