There is a Noratlas flying in France, also using Hercules engines. The Halifax at Elvington is fitted with four ex-Noratlas engines built under license by SNECMA IIRC.
Although these are of a much later version than used in the Beau or Halifax.

Cheers

Cees

OK SORRY IT WAS APRIL 1ST !! :dev2:

Colin,

Are you that desperate? :diablo:
My first reaction was that there were no BoB wrecks left as they all have been excavated in the sixties, seventies en eighties. Am I right?

Now, you owe us a full blown report of your next recovery.

Cees

Thanks for that Cees. I was vague about the Halifax’s possible role – IIRC, the Halifax had two fuselage side ‘beams’ to support the bomb-bay floor, but also two sets of doors. These could, I presume have been removed giving a full floor area for mounting bombs? As I said, though, the shape was a hangover for the torpedo requirement.

You get a Lanc, and the engines, and no problem… 😉 I think it’s actually ‘the same’ only as an early Mk.I Lanc fuselage, and thereafter there were a lot of detail differences that came in. How fundamental they’d be to, say, a Canandian built Mk.X being converted to a Manchester I don’t know.

The halifax has indeed two strong beams supporting the floor (and forming the roof of the bomb bay. The two strong beams are made of each of two further longerons, you know what they said about the strenght of a Hally 😉

The Manchester and Lancaster I/III are structurally identical as a Mk I was flown to Canada by Clyde Pangborn as a pattern aircraft for Lancaster production there. The engines, instruments and general fitting out is another matter.

Cheers

Cees

I would be delighted to provide a gunsight and instruments for the Defiant in exchange for one of the two complete Halifax throttle boxes in store. Pity that they don’t do deals with private indivuals, so they told me.

They did a deal with Peter Vacher regarding a Merlin III engine, isn’t he a private idividual himself? :rolleyes:

Why is a win win situation not acceptable to the RAF Museum. Am I missing the point, or are they?

Cees

It was used as a source of parts for the rebuild of AB910, as was MkVB BL614.

Indeed, but the fuselage and wings were still substantially intact. Sections of wing were used as pattern for the repair of AB910 and were about to be binned when Steve Atkins found and saved them. So a bit different to be taken completely apart.

Cees

How was Shoreham today?

Cees

The phrase : “kicked the bucket” was used as well but I am not sure during WWII

Cees

Nice F100 panel. Price seems reasonable too. Has your friend contacted some of the usaf museums?

Cees Hali panel number 2 underway.. damn these things get addicting don’t they?

Another one? What’s wrong with just one?
How about building a Stirling panel instead.

Cheers

Cees