I remember seeing parts of the nose cowling laying beside one of the hangars around about 1981-2. It was outside with parts from Hesses 110 (so I was told) and the Heinkel fin. The alloy panels from the 109 were corroding away fast. Parts of this aircraft were recovered I believe at the same time as the Heinkel 111 from Storvatnet lake.
I am not sure if the 109 came from the same lake, but definately found on the same expedition. I somehow thought then that it was a E model Andy.

I have trawled (pun) through a few old posts about the lakes, Paul Mcmillan indicates that the a/c was a G model.
It seems that the wreckage from Duxford was scrapped owing the the severe corrosion.

Another fine mess, why oh why are items/complete aircraft recovered only to be scrapped?!

Why not help insitutions such as the RAFM and IWM by donating all those Stirling / Hampden / Whitley parts?

Maybe they will scrap them!!!!!!!!!!!

Just shooting off an e-mail to the RSPCA….that is, the Royal Society for the Prosecution of Cat Antagonists…..

HAHA will look forward to seeing them :diablo:

As much as I enjoy the witty banter I thought i’d put my own input in as the seller of the item…..

I bought this item along with the bits of the column covering and also a few lumps of molten aluminium a few years back from Hooton Park aerojumble, from a guy who I have dealt with many times before.

The alu obviously shows signs of intense fire, the control column covering is burnt and brittle…. and no it is not cable insulation…. I do know a thing or two about aircraft with that being my profession for the last 15 years.

So this piece, maybe it isn’t external fabric – my mistake – but it is not a potato sack or any of the other silly suggestions. I have been on Hurricane sites myself and seen this exact same material come up, in fact I have some more at home.

Possibly fireproof lagging or it has been suggested to me it may be from the base of the control column.
Some of you people seem to think I grab random rubbish from wreck sites and sell it on to make myself a bit of money – I don’t need random bits of cash coming in thankyou, if I sell something it is what I say it is to the best of my knowledge – meaning if I have bought it from someone else i trust what they say…..

Any ideas or sensible suggestions are welcome. My impressions of this forum since joining are rapidly going downhill…… I feel i’m being made out to be some sort of rip-off merchant by people who obviously don’t know me.

Mike

I Feel the same about this forum, haven’t been with the Forum long, and items I have sold on eBay have came under fire by certain individiuals and the funny thing is, is that the comments have came from people who sold me the items in the first place!

I have found that certain well known members of the historic avaition world have traded on their well known names to rip newcomers off

pm’d you