How many remaining Whirlwind Pilots are there left…

Please PM me, I have some information which could be of interest

There was / is a wheel & tyre from a Halifax/Halton which was scrapped @ Woolsington(Newcastle)

Barton crash site

The Grid references on the NEAM site appear to be incorrect, the approx crash site OS ref is NZ399535, the Ryhope colliery site has been redeveloped with housing & a Golf course.
Use http://www.dmm.org.uk, mining, colliery maps, ryhope colliery,1950s detailed map, this is a map of the colliery, the embankment (where parts of Halifax came to rest) can be seen to the left of the centre of the map.
Some streets on this map still exist (refer to http://www.streetmap.co.uk, look for hewitt avenue sunderland).
A colleague from my working days with the National Coal Board, remembers the local school kids getting parts from the crash and being visited by the local policeman to return the parts they had taken, (perspex, instruments etc)

I have business & personal contacts in Russia who may have the necessary connections

Has anyone been to North East Aircraft Museum??

During excavations near Mcmullan Rd Darlington for new housing in the late Eighties, small items of aircraft wreckage was uncovered. I was a member of NEAM @ the time,the wreckage was from a Lancaster from Middleton St George,(early 1945,engine problems?) the pilots name was Mcmullan (Canadian squadron?),I think that he was killed in the crash,it was believed @ the time that he stayed with the plane to avoid crashing into existing houses.The Rd was named in his honour.The small items recovered were placed on a memorial board, a memorial board was later sent to his relative in Canada.The original board may now be in another local museum.
I will be visiting NEAM next week & will confirm this information then