The section pictured was recovered by myself and some collegues from Nostell priory nr. wakefield where it had been displayed, We became “involved ” with YAM and subsequently the then “Halifax Project” I donated the section of fuselage after displaying it at several airshows over the years,the then commitee decided that it was of no use to the project and i believe it was scrapped without any thought( it certainly wasnt used )and without consulting me,at the time this piece of fuselage was the third largest piece of surviving halifax and we had spent some time doing cosmetic work on it to tidy it up for display,i dont think its around now as previously stated.:cool:

Thanks for the update Vic,

Pity that it’s no longer with us anymore. Any more info on the background of this item? This one was confused several times with the other section found at Linton on Ouse.

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Cees

Ok Peter,

Here’s a photo by Paul Waites. Taken in the seventies, and you see here the “covered waggon” the section of fuselage fitted over the wing centre section. Does anyone know what happened to it? I don’t think it was fitted to HR792 at Elvington as that part came from Linton on Ouse.

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Cees

That’s why I (and a lot of people I know) have a profound and deep respect for what these men did.:o
Every veteran I have met over the years and their numbers dwindle more and more as time goes by, have impressed me by their character and also admitting that they were scared stiff. Who wouldn’t be!!! Someone who would say not to be afraid was lying……. But they kept it under their hats. Talking about it was taboo.
I have some personal experience with post traumatic stress and to a very very very very small extent I know what they must have felt (and that hundreds of times over). They had a job to carry out and they did that, but against impossible odds. Not surprisingly that some cracked, but mental aid was nothing compared to what’s going on now with people coming back from war zones.

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Cees

Just my two cents

Who says that crashsites are “undisturbed”?

These aircraft with missing aircrew didn’t ask to crash into a meadow somewhere where nobody can pay their respects. It’s an event that
hasn’t been concluded (yet).
Recovering these sites (talking purely about the missing aircrew cases) is the natural follow up to put things right.
Crashes without UXB or missing aircrew are purely investigated out of interest into the events leading to the crash, from a technical point of interest (mine in this case). There are more reasons to think about.
Am I wrong or right?
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Cees

Thanks, very interesting read.

I quote
A collection of boxes stacked on shelves represents the remainder of Seafire Mk III RX168. It is likely that these original components will be incorporated into an early mark Spitfire rebuild. A new build fuselage originally created for RX168 is also likely to end up in another aircraft.
unquote

So what’s the fate of RX168 (oblivion?)

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Cees

ME109-E

Sounds very familiar……:o

Cees

I’d just like to add my apprecation for your post, Bruce. Having a ‘Subject Matter Expert’ (as we call them) on hand to give the definitive view is good news for the forum.

Well said,

I think we have experts on the forum for most types, which is a unique occurence. Very informative.

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Cees

😮

It will be green, cockpitgreen I say (large tin of Humbrol 78)
😀 😀
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Cees