Dave Homewood posted:
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Anyway, he talks of the Warwick and how good it was. I never knew till reading his book that the Warwick was designed first but was too big for the powerplants available so the designers scaled it down to create the Wellington.
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I seem to think it was the other way round, the Warwick was an upscaled Wellington.

Cees

Papa,

There were also the Mk VI, some Mk VII’s (not sure), the PR XI and the Mk (PR?) XIII?

Some I’m sure of, the ones with the questionmark not totally.

Please enlighten me

Cees

Well,

For example, when I first met my wife (now some 5 1/2 years ago, is it that long?) she asked me what my hobbies were. I told her I had just one….. She seemed interested and wanted to know more, well she asked about it.

How could she have ever imagined meeting an obviously “normal” guy who would dig holes in clay or peaty soil in windswept Dutch polders looking for crashed aeroplanes, and thoroughly enjoying himself.

Well, she understands and supports me.

Other people react in various ways, especially about the digging up wrecks and bringing home missing aircrew. The reaction of the person speaks for his/her way of thinking.

Cheers

Cees

Jagan,

What happened to the Hurricane and/or Spitfire wings you posted a photo of sometime ago on the old WIX-board. One or two wings were lying among the weeds outside somewhere in India.

Cheers

Cees

You were just checking if I knew, weren’t you? :p

Cheers

Cees

Martin already provided you with the list I wanted to post, and Cees is part of the most active and professional group in this field, (to my opinion)

Bert

Gosh Bert,

You make me blush 😮 :p

Groeten

Cees