Thank you Andy – I had assumed it was an Alfie.. Thank you for confirming.

Found the 110 emblem in Ketley and Rolfe – mea culpea.

I am not sure if this advances the discussion on model D vs model H – but image of the data plate on the tail.

I know the Bell 205 is the Huey – but is the 200-008 model number relevant to the specific model ?

P.S. why were they also called Slicks ?

Tony – yes that is the same one.

the German national flag on the tail and the code and cross on the boom have been solvent wiped .

Meddle Thats not any Chicken – that’s Harriet..

Couldn’t find a 20 foot chicken to stand alongside it to show its length – but the perspective did not work in the picture..

Tony, I had wondered if the Blackpool connection was related to one of the Hueys that flys out of Blackpool – but looking at their restoration pics I doubted it.

It has been on sale on Ebay for a couple of years but direct contact with the supplier is always preferable…

Cleaned it up yesterday and found a further two inspectors stamps.

A 47 in a triangle ( similar to the 33)

And this nice shaped stamp with looks like Russian symbol for Go at the top plus a few missing symbols and 26 below.

Any one seen one similar. Reference on Russian stamps are rare. Definitely not Yak as I have seen a few of those (the inverted R and K).

Thanks

Brian

A bit of further digging shows that the Powder Room was present on Comet 1’s and 2’s but was just toilets on the 4’s- which I assume became less feminine..

Although not sure what RAF Transport Command used them for in their Mk2’s:

https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%200401.html

Nicko – thank you for the images.

That explains why the two Aus Beaufighters have different seats in the images I have seen.