Handley Page HP42. A project to rebuild one has ended with the death of the leading light and the break up of the team. Although it was a civil airliner several were requisitioned. See Aeroplane Jan 2002 for potted histories.

Budworth Mere Cheshire Barracuda(s). There is a thread on this somewhere. Highly doubtful

#13 above ” competent adults need only to be guided”

A major thread of the AAIB report was indicating a lack of competence amongst many.

Good collection of German missiles, including Wasserfal,an anti aircraft missile, and an airborne anti ship missile used operationally in the Med, V1 and V2. Earliest extant Spitfire, see a Hurricane and Hind close to each other and view the design cues passed down the line. Kneeling undercarriage of Andover, precursor of several more modern aircraft, plenty of training aircraft too, plus all mentioned above.

WZ

Re previous post #6

List published (in English translation) in Heinz J Nowarra “Uhu – He 219 The Best Nightfighter of World War 2” Schiffer Military 1989.

Whether it was as good as that title and others have claimed is open to doubt. Without refering back to the text, and relying on memory, Captain Eric Brown had reservations about its one engine handling especially on having to go round and as this list shows it was not a prolific executioner of Mosquitos.Indeed, my notes show more He219’s downed by Mosquitoes than vice versa. Also Petre Hinchliffe “The Other Battle” (highly recommended) page 284 recounts a personal interview of Jospeh Nabricht’s funker, who says 12.6.44 they chased a Mosquito from the Zuider Zee to Saltzwedel (250 miles possibly) before they caught it. On landing they were greeted with a bunch of flowers. Mosquitos were such rare abschusses.

Try Theo Boiten Luftwaffe War Diaries Vol 1 page 203. This book is indispensible for all Nachtjagd claims. I cannot praise it highly enough.

Pilot Hptm Gunther Friedrich, 4th kill, Stab NJG1 2km E. Zutphen at 5700metres 0140hrs.