hasn’t Norman Franks written a book about this unfortuately not in my collection

Meteor 3 (EE-493);

EE493 was on delivery from Glosters both engines cut due to fuel blockage and aircraft belly landed Stoke Orchard 9.4.46 (Flt Lt A P S Cloke from 2 FP (2 Ferry Pilots) OK aircraft repaired at Glosters until crashed again on 12.5.48 and then turned over to Maintenace Serial 6604M

I wonder now how many people realise that at the time of the BoB movie Duxford was under serious consideration for being turned into Britains latest prison.

I wonder if it will be at (Old) Lag-ends..

Reading the article and the stuff posted here.. Maybe we can identify some of “the last of around 10 complete rebuilds”

Well..

1) The Travel Air Mystery Ship, is NR-613K ex Bames Aviation, Mojave, California
2) We know that there were the FHC Me 262A-1a/U3 wk/nummer 500453
3) FW-190-A5 is W.Nr 1227 also for FHC

The article mentions a Mustang “The Mustang is the easiest to work on. “

could this be FHC P-51D 44-72364 but my understanding is this was restored at WestPac….

4) On this posting there is comment to a ‘second Fw-190’ ‘which one’ this must be the Fw190D-13 ex Champlin W.Nr. 836017 that might have spent some time there or of course could be a comment on the fact they are both rare!!

Assumptions 1 of 10 is ex TFC ‘Grumpy’ B-25D-30 Mitchell 43-3318

So that leaves 5 or 6 more mysteries….

I think one may be a Storch?

Unrestored (ASAIK) are:

1) CASA 2.111 – c/n 167 B.2I-37

2) Mosquito – TV959

BTW ‘of the ones that got away he is still smarting about Serbia from where he was deported’ is also a question that I would love to know what!!!!

Paul

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Though very sad news – I feel I need to correct the report and state Richard Grace only has minor injuries as reported here

https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_article?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsP…

Avro Avian Sports monoplane, G-AAYW

A bit more extra history

From Aldershot News – Friday 31 May 1935

re: EMPIRE AIR DAY AT FARNBOROUGH 

“A private monoplane which aroused much
curiosity as to its ownership was the green
Avro.” belonging to Flight Lieutenant Atcherley,
who has had a powerful swivel searchlight
fitted to the underneath of the
port, side wing, so that he can effect night
landings without, the necessity for ground
flares.”