Does Mosquito Survivors by Stuart Howe (Aston Publications) remain the definitive history of surviving Mosquito airframes? I can’t imagine that it has dated as much as its contemporary, Spitfire Survivors from the same publisher

Is that the ex -TFC one?

I prefer to say it’s the ex IWM example that resided in Lambeth for many years and was sold off from the national collection

:dev2: You’ll be upgrading the old Cats Whisker next then…. 😀

my Dad designed and built their first TV himself using an ex RAF 3″ diameter radar display cathode ray tube – picture apparently wasn’t so much black and white as dark green and white….

I guess that’s what they had to do in those immediate post-war years when consumer products weren’t as readily available (or affordable)

Its nothing you cant see at Coningsby every day :rolleyes:

you mean there’s actually a royal wedding at Coningsby every day……?

Looks good, not sure about the Wallace’s notes have been lost part as I thought all his papers were stored somewhere?

But see what it is like before passing any judgements, thanks for the heads up.

Curlyboy

It’s Wallis not Wallace

Looks as if they drop a bouncing bomb mounted on the lower rear fuselage of a Buffalo Airways (Ice Pilots) DC4 against a polystyrene (?) dam. Presumably the mounting includes the necessary gear to spin the bomb prior to launch.

I think the Day Fighter Scheme DG/OG/MSG with sky tail band and yellow recognition markings on the wing leading edges is the one scheme that people will associate with the WW.

I am appalled that this genuine high-gloss scheme has been spoilt by the absence of the most essential detail marking of such a ’70’s retro-good-old-days polyurethane attempt. To be “authentic”, it really should be marked with “Confederate Air Force” beneath the tailplane…:rolleyes:

I though CAF stood for “Cash-strapped Air Force”

Cees,

I’ve been thinking about that as well – although all my own time is currently spent restoing the Jeep – again.

The Siskin III onwards had a welded steel fuselage didn’t it – which makes things easier – particularly for a static display airframe and presumably there must be the odd (?) Jaguar around. A set of original wings already around would help – but does the full set exist?

I guess the RAFM has one or two airframes in front in the queue but it’s the sort of thing that Skysport would excel in