I went through 4FTS at Worksop in the mid-50s and I am under the impression that most of the supporting services, such as maintenance and safety equipment were provided by Airwork.

If you have any stories,pictures etc I would love to here from you as we have a display about RAF Worksop at Doncaster Aeroventure-please PM me with anything you have got.

I believe there is a film called the “Red Berets” which shows a couple of scenes of a Wellington T10 in front of a hangar-all in colour!!(-unless I am dreaming).Damned if I know which airfeild it was filmed at though.:confused:

I feel somthing on the lines of the BofB memorial with all service & civilian organisations of both wars depicted, with the centre of the memorial emphesising the biltz.

Lovely to see Poppies have been placed on the BofB memorial in the photos-nice to see somthing really positive & that thereare people out there that do care.

Don’tcha just want to win the lottery when it gets to £120 million……….Its a wonderful wish list so I am not knocking it but here,s mine(STATIC OR FLYERS)

RAF- Spitfire 1a + Vb, Meteor III, Defiant,HURRICANE,Wellington Ic,Tiger Moth,Lysander,Auster IV, Blenheim IV & Beaufighter,Javelin,Canberra & any Hawker Bi-plane.

FAA-Hellcat,Swordfish,Barracuda,Firefly,Scimitar.

USAAF- L-4 Grasshopper,P-40C,P-47d,B-24,B-25,F-4J(74 Sqn colours).

Luftwaffe-Me109E,Fw190A,Ju87B,Ju88A-1,Do17Z,Ar196,Bv141.

Japanese-A6M Zero,G4M Betty,Kawanishi Kyofu,Shinden(love the canard wing)

Russian-La7,Yak-3 or 9,

Civilian-HP42,DC3,any DH pre-war types.

But seeing as the lottery is just a pipe dream I have to make do with models of them for the moment.

P.s. almost forgot, Spitfire & Hurricane FSMs as gateguards.

Sorry for the close subject matter to a previous thread, but I would like to know the status of Nimrods or parts that are in collections generally?

After posting in Shack cockpit thread I suddenly remembered that Nimrod XV237 passed through Orchards scrapyard, and Demobbed has it as residing nearby at St Austell. Does anyone know more about this one in particular?

Also, does anyone know if any complete Nimrod is promised to a major collection when they go out of service?
All information welcomed.

The cockpit of XW666 resides at Aeroventure.

Yes, but is it historically correct, which is the point of the thread…;)

Although it is the prototype, it is not representative of the aircraft in its initial form. The later scheme is therefore more appropriate.

This was the reasoning behind our returning the Mosquito to its 1946 status. If we hadnt, there would be a great loss of original material to properly represent it during its flying life.

Bruce

By definition history is any occurence or event prior to the present moment.What I am led to believe about DG202 is it had an accident which reqiured replacement wings-the only ones available were Mk III’s-hence the airbrakes.If the aircraft has not been restored by RAFM,i.e kept in the same state as when aquired,surely it is historically correct even if it is not in its original state,so I agree that its present state is appropriate.

Besides does an historical aircraft exhist that has every component and same paint finish that it started life with?

Bought ‘Those Magnificent Men And Their Flying Machines’ the other day – in one flying scene when flying around Brookley, it’s a plane with an actor sat on it in front of a screen, and on the screen it flys behinds the hangars and dips a wing, and you can see a short wheelbase Land Rover and a couple of other 1960’s cars!

So you missed the ferries in Dover harbour then?:)