Not much but there was an article in Flypast in 1983 I think about the Speke site. The Blenheims were mentioned and there was a photo of the last Halifax produced there.
Not much but there was an article in Flypast in 1983 I think about the Speke site. The Blenheims were mentioned and there was a photo of the last Halifax produced there.
Some years ago I located a similar tyre as a signpost for a tyre shop in the centre of Amsterdam. The owner claimed that it was bought after the war from a disposal yard in Holland. It still looked brand new and wasn’t used. Strange as no Lancasters, Lincolns or Shackletons have flown in Dutch service. I tried to swap the tyre for a tractor tyre (much more suitable for his shop I told him) but he wanted 2000 guilders at the time. I told him where to stick the tyre.:cool:
H2S (or Home Sweet Home) is a radar scanner that was fitted beneath the fuselage of the Halifax and Lancasters. This fitment was used to locate the targets which had a clear “footprint” such as lakes in the vicinity etc. The scanner was covered by a large fairing for streamlining.
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