Que Peter?

I thought you were a British Canadian, have you suddenly moved to South Africa?:D

Cheers

Cees

Hi Herman,

(How’s life with wet feet?)

So, what’s up with the other two.

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Cees

Hi Nils,

Any pics?

The Hampden was the HP52 so all partnumers start with the 52-prefix

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Cees

There’s another one in the Netherlands. The story about it still hurts in the hearts of some people.:cool:

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Cees

Hi David,

Thanks for the encouragement.

We understand that the aircraft that this column came from may have crashed during the Arnhem operation and whilst we are looking further into this, have any of our Dutch colleagues any further info on this item?

cheers

John

Hi John,

Sorry, just spotted this a bit late. That’s GREAT news to see the column donated to your project. It was only gathering dust at Delft. I don’t know from which aircraft it came, but could be from many. I do know that during the war aircraft sections were given to technical schoold. A complete Halifax nose section ended up at Haarlem for instruction purposes.

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Cees

By the way, I noticed that my signature has been changed but not by me. Who added the Flying Dutchman bit?

The Ju88-G was recovered from lake Balaton. The Norwegian Ju88 was used as template for the reconstruction of the forward fuselage IIRC.

Cees

I am sure i have read in a number of WW2 publications that more 109 airframes were lost in take off or landing accidents then in combat. Like most tail wheel aircraft, the ideal scenario is take off and land right into wind on a large open airfield with loads of space. When things start to go wrong, there is a much higher chance of recovery undamaged, not so when operating from a limited width grass or hard runway. Ground looping is highly likely, and add a cross wind component, with the small rudder,things can and do go wrong in a blink. These aircraft will bite at near walking pace, flying stops only when you come to a halt and switches off. Proctor 1 G-IAWA was lost in France in 82, victim of a crosswind, obstacles close to the relativley narrow landing strip, and probably inexperience on type.

The strange stance of the undercarriage of the 109/derivatives doesn’t help to prevent accidents.

Cees