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May 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm in reply to: The Rabaul Kate and Dinah. Where are they now? #1027313

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Very intriguing. I for one have never heard of this outfit, nor the aircraft coming to NZ. I’ll put out some feelers and see what comes out of it 🙂

Thank you. I’d love to hear whatever your feelers can unearth. Good luck 🙂

I, for one, am very glad they are out of PNG. I don’t think they would’ve survived otherwise….
And despite what Pacific Wrecks says, the recoveries were legit.

I am in two minds about this: Papua New Guinea does deserve to have its WWII history preserved on its own soil like any country. But with the corrupt PNG Museum bureaucracy that seems willing to sell its assets -and who is to say its not just to reputable collectors and not scrap merchents too- and an inability, both financially and motivationally, to preserve those relics I do have agree with you.

I do think this might lurch towards a thread diversion and the rights and wrongs of aircraft recovery in PNG are worthy of a thread all in itself (preferably lined with shuttle heat shields) :D.

May 17, 2012 at 10:46 pm in reply to: Hunter T7B WV318 Sporting Anniversary Colours #1019471

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That is quite nice. I was expecting something less… subtle.

May 17, 2012 at 10:46 pm in reply to: Hunter T7B WV318 Sporting Anniversary Colours #1028510

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That is quite nice. I was expecting something less… subtle.

May 17, 2012 at 10:16 pm in reply to: Cranfield 1971: Part Two #1019491

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The background to Cranfield’s acquisition of German equipment is described in that excellent work “War Prizes” by Phil Butler in which he mentions that Cranfield was allocated complete Ju388L-1/V6 W Nr 500006 some time between 1946 and 1948. It was subsequently scrapped there. So perhaps the engine you highlight came from that airframe.

Tim

Thank you. That would make a lot of sense.

However that doesn’t answer were that engine is now? Is it still in the UK as I can’t find anything about one that is. It would be a very rare as a survivor of its type and as a substantial chunk of Ju 388.

Edit: Found this in this thread:

W&R 1961 makes no mention of a Beaufighter front fuselage at Cranfield. Perhaps this is the one listed as being at Halton in 1961? ‘The Captive Luftwaffe’ (K.S.West) mentions Ju 388K-O (AM No. 83) being on display at Cranfield in 1948 and says that: “as late as 1967 the College retained the starboard nacelle and undercarriage, plus the tailwheel assembly”. It would be interesting to have input from others concerning the presence of Lancaster PW932 – I have not yet traced any reference to this – and the Ansons and the Varsity.

Willip’s post only goes to show the value of spotters’ notes of nearly 50 years ago!

May 17, 2012 at 10:16 pm in reply to: Cranfield 1971: Part Two #1028529

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The background to Cranfield’s acquisition of German equipment is described in that excellent work “War Prizes” by Phil Butler in which he mentions that Cranfield was allocated complete Ju388L-1/V6 W Nr 500006 some time between 1946 and 1948. It was subsequently scrapped there. So perhaps the engine you highlight came from that airframe.

Tim

Thank you. That would make a lot of sense.

However that doesn’t answer were that engine is now? Is it still in the UK as I can’t find anything about one that is. It would be a very rare as a survivor of its type and as a substantial chunk of Ju 388.

Edit: Found this in this thread:

W&R 1961 makes no mention of a Beaufighter front fuselage at Cranfield. Perhaps this is the one listed as being at Halton in 1961? ‘The Captive Luftwaffe’ (K.S.West) mentions Ju 388K-O (AM No. 83) being on display at Cranfield in 1948 and says that: “as late as 1967 the College retained the starboard nacelle and undercarriage, plus the tailwheel assembly”. It would be interesting to have input from others concerning the presence of Lancaster PW932 – I have not yet traced any reference to this – and the Ansons and the Varsity.

Willip’s post only goes to show the value of spotters’ notes of nearly 50 years ago!

May 17, 2012 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Cranfield 1971: Part Two #1019633

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And on to Cranfield 1971 Part Two:

A general view of the engine collection.

Part Three to follow later: Outside (and up in the air)

A little bit of thread necromancy here but bear with me, I’m a noob.:p

The engine in the top right corner of the above picture caught my eye. That’s very rare a BMW 801TJ (I am nearly completely sure of this)http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/Engines/bmw801tj_dm.jpg
Assuming the NASM’s Ju388 came with its two engines, is this engine one of the two listed in preservedaxisaircraft.com as now being in Germany, or a different engine completely? And if so, where is it now?

May 17, 2012 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Cranfield 1971: Part Two #1028714

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And on to Cranfield 1971 Part Two:

A general view of the engine collection.

Part Three to follow later: Outside (and up in the air)

A little bit of thread necromancy here but bear with me, I’m a noob.:p

The engine in the top right corner of the above picture caught my eye. That’s very rare a BMW 801TJ (I am nearly completely sure of this)http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/Engines/bmw801tj_dm.jpg
Assuming the NASM’s Ju388 came with its two engines, is this engine one of the two listed in preservedaxisaircraft.com as now being in Germany, or a different engine completely? And if so, where is it now?
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