If you are interested in 608 squadron there is a book out by Louise Wilkinson called

“The Kipper Patrol” it was published in 2009 by pneuma springs

Does not mention the casualty.

I would agree with Simon though that RAF Commands will probably bear fruit

The Atlas in photograph 1 is interesting in that not many were still in service in 1936.

There were a few with the Electrical & Wireless School at Cranwell so it could have been visiting if it is Manston in 1936

Amongst their aircraft were K1482 & K1483 which were with the Unit in 1936

Weight of snow on XL319

Wing Area of a Vulcan B2 is 368.4 square metres.

Thickness of snow = 8″ or 0.2m

Therefore there will be 368.4 x 0.2 cubic metres of snow

Approximatley 74 m3

Assuming Density is 120 Kg/m3 then

120 x 74 should be weight of snow

i.e 8800 kg or 19536 lbs

Not far off the bomb load of 21,000 lbs

Never run the engines between arrival and movement to current site

The regulations surrounding the use of scaffolding in the UK would require it to be erected by a fully trained scaffolder if it comes from a company and have scaff tags and regular inspections.

Aluminium towers from a hire company with instructions would be a more likely possibility

Engine Components only

http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/hucknall/End-of-an-era-at.3901590.jp

http://www.cpmg-architects.com/html/projects/rollsroyce_hucknall.htm

i thought it was the crane company that limited what they would lift to 1.5 as they didnt know the full potential of the crane? or did i hear wrong

The crane company would certainly know the capability of the crane. Looking at the type it would probably be capable of lifting 50 tonnes. The comment about the weight would be the load that was registered on the crane during the lift. This the crane driver would know at all times.

To quote wrecks & relics third edition 1968

Meteor F.8 WK786 “P”
Javelin T.3 XH396
Lightning XM138
Lightning XM184