Think I`m going to camp this time.

Ahh.. I am sorted.. me girlfriend lives in salisbury, so i got a bed for the night, and toodle off to Popham in the morning ,looking forward to it,

my friends asked me to look out for any parts marked “P56” (piston Provost)
then to rely them to him when i see him next ..

any dealers bringing any panels ??:D.. I expect plenty of odds and sods will be there waiting for a eager eye to snap up .. just hope my girlfriend doesnt get too bored 😮

on the subject of EB146.

Ive known the site since i was a boy, but never ever seen a photo of the aircraft…. being so many halifax types were built i am doubting that one exists. but you never know ??.. where would be the best place to find a photograph of a perticular aircraft ?

it would be nice to send to the family, and if i can find a couple of pieces from many moons ago, i would gladly send them to the Don’s:) family .

What a interesting thread,

EB146 was my first ever dig, as a 15 year old boy,
with the south west aircraft recovery group, in the 80s, a cold misty day in november i remember pulling bits a bobs from the field next to the wall, there was small fragments everywhere, us kids (me and Kev Butler) were totally enthralled with aviation history ,myself especially from that moment on, we also felt quite humbled.. it was a experience to say the least, incidentally a a P38 Lightning flown by “Jack tuggle Jameson ” crashed on the same farm in dec 44 , the Severnside Aviation Society had a big dig there, and recovered engines etc, I am sure if i look into one of my boxes i still have a couple of bits of both aircraft.

also i remember , getting home exhausted, and washing my hands , which were frozen, and they stung me like hell fire, without realising i had laserated my hands to ribbons tugging on jagged small bits of metal in the small shovel sized hole in the ground on the site of EB146 … Ive worn good Garden gloves ever since 😉

I got it wrong , whitley it is then, i was 90% sure it was whitley , but looking at the U/C door , it didnt look simaller to the ones i saw on the net, must be the way its laying after the crash. 😮

any chance i could see a copy of WP838 ??..pretty please 😀 .

The piece of airframe i was given ,was from wp838 she burnt out on a hill after the crash, nothing left now, just a few molten blobs..

ive never seen a pic of her, it would be nice to put in a frame with the piece i have, and also to show the villagers of walton in gordano where she come down, my cousin owns the village shop, and she would love to display a picture i am sure.