Halifax Turret Gun

Here you go graham, this is what you should be looking for as thes come off a halifax mk3 gun turret. Only diffrence with all the brownings on spits, hurris, ect ect is the airmech assy,safety mech which is bolted on the side, flash eluminator which only screws on, and the mounting bracket. This is slighty diffrent on every one i have but it does appear this is a standard british browning .303 which is modified with bolt on attachments to suit each aircraft. Obviously for hand operated guns the recoil buffer on the butt is replaced with a grip trigger rather than a air operated solinoid trigger

Real macoy

Sorry folks replicas dont float my boat, bit like buying a new willys jeep and saying you got the real macoy from ww2. I will wait untill i find the real thing with rolls royce periguines.

Maybe 2008 will produce a newly discovered whirlwind site for recovery:D

Failing that try talking Steve vissard into a project as he is half way there with the only pair of baby periguines to date

Loud explosion about 12.10 today. I am not far away but I had a phone call from some one in the centre of Howden. This thing realy went with a bang.

As I understand it (from the Goole Times) the gentleman who found the bomb is also responsible for the memorial to the lost airmen at this site. He is a local resident so I am sure had permision to be there.

If by chance any one knows the man who was searching this site. Please get in touch. I would be very intrested in helping out

Ben

Well if he had permisson before to dig there with posession of a ministry of defence licence, which he would require:rolleyes: not just from the land owner its now withdrawn

I think the chance of you assisting with a spade will now be some what slim as i would think the site will be under great review. He would now be better off looking for hoard of gold coins and insurance just incase people start asking for loss of earning::mad:

Maybe Nick could point you in the direction of a Proctor to look for, least then you wont find anything dangerous buried:D

Happy Digging

THE DEVICE

CHECK THIS OUT, HARDLY SEVERAL METERS DOWN IS IT. TYPICIAL PRESS JUNK WHICH GETS PRINTED IN SOME PAPERS
http://www.goolecourier.co.uk/news/Unexploded-bomb-found-in-a.3634276.jp

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Looking on the bbc news page, i doupt they stumbled on it with a shovel as it says its deeply buried!!

If the halifax was on the way back after a raid what was it doing with a said 500 pounder in its racks?, could be a photoflash device which are sometime carried.

Well least they are starting the new year with a bang:diablo:

Why was TIGHAR involved? Well can anyone name a group in the UK who can provide the same level of expertise and give up time too attend such a survey? And if there is such a group does anyone from that group bother to keep a high profile like TIGHAR. Seems to be that TIGHAR were prepared to be involved with the investigation with no claim on the wreckage.
Looking at the list of organisations involved so far it must have been crowded on that beach.
And i always chuckle when I read that the actual location is being kept secret..on a beach with public access.

Any plonker with a little common sence could recover that especially with financial banking which they appear to have, as after all it was the trusty old blacksmith who saved the lockness wellington from the deep after the first engineering failure.

I wonder who contacted the US group as it would not take long to round up a few recovery groups in the uk who would have loved the chance.

Kev

Seen the replica on the weekend and looks very good, ok its not the real macoy but would do in my hanger as i dont have a spare million or 2 spare.

The insurance is covered as i have a spare vulcan ejector seat yet to be fitted!!!, there is much thought gone in here, ok we can all pick holes wrong throttles ect but that will come.

As an engineer i may stay clear on the initial running:diablo: ime sure i could suggest a few changes like rubber engine mount to stop it shaking to bits but truthfully i cannot see it running up and down the field as i dont believe the strenth is in the center section or wing route without breaking but yet to be proved wrong.

Fire her up graham and ill get the champaine:D

Dear all – I wonder if there is any interest in a thread on high ground wrecks? It’s always interesting to see photos of these sites – especially old pics from the 1970s. If anyone has anything to post – including old memories – i’ll be grateful.

Here’s a few of Whitley BD232 which was recovered in November 2005. Best day off work ever 😀

Elliott you have opened a can of worms here as this is a very touchy topic:diablo:, but nice you could use selected wreckage on the whitley project rather than see history rot on the hill side.

Keep up the good work and whats the next major recovery planned for the project