I wasn’t there at the time either. Fortunately for me, my Father was too young to have served before the end of the war, though in a Civil Defence capacity, at the age of 14, he sat on a hill and watched Coventry burn. Two days later, he was driven to that city to help deliver supplies. Walsall itself was lucky in terms of the bombing. A stick of bombs fell on the rugby club pitch. Removed an awful lot of slates and the fear almost certainly killed my Uncle’s Airedale. One stick hit a factory about two hundred yards from where I am sitting now. Several men died, my Grandfather was involved in digging them out. He came home and didn’t speak for a week, and this was a man who served throughout the Great War.

I’ve said it before, I’m a simple man with simple views. What strikes me is that those who are now prepared to vilify the men of Bomber Command and their military and political masters are strangely silent regarding those who brought about the war. Does it not occur to people like Peter Garner that if Germany and her Allies had stayed within their borders there would have been no necessity for war? Germany fought the war to its fullest capability, in fact going far beyond any of the accepted conventions of war. Why do people feel the need to revile those who fought against evil and for the freedoms we have now? Why is there such shock expressed against Harris and Bomber Command and so little against Goering and the Luftwaffe for their bombing of British cities? Isn’t it common sense that if someone is hitting you with a stick you retaliate with a bigger stick?

I am thankful every day of my life that such men existed and were prepared to act as they did.

Regards,

kev35

I know its unbelievable, But I must agree with Kev on this one 😀

Thanks Bruce,

at last i finally get it , 😉

parts i could make out was a panel door ,The Anti icer tank, Oxy parts,Cable wheel,Flaps a undercarraige lever, ,and the Wing tank Jettison lever,

as ive been blithering about Whirlwinds, Ive also been looking into Wessex, and imagine the “Cab” from one of those would be a nice “SMALL” project,
I never realised they flew as early as 1958, which has impressed me, Now there MUST be a Cab from a Wessex, if not a Whirlwind that could be saved, I wonder if its worth approaching Preddaneck (?? i think thats how you spell it:o) as the have a few dotted on there side , all be it i imagine smashed to bits by now 🙁

I would be interested in swapping these bits for Westland bits , the wessex is interesting as its american equivelant served in Vietnam, and i have a interest in that conflict,

ANY ideas any one, :D, are Parts easy to source for the whirlwind/Wessex ??

I got a nice piece of fabric too, But not as old as yours,
I recovered it after Boz was involved in a dead landing/ crash with this Jungmann, which I had spent 3 years helping restore from nothing, under supervision of my best mate Paul Childs, he gave me it, it was taken from the wings which were smashed and i have framed it,
Its the german cross from the wing, looks nice framed.
i will try a post a pic of the plane now, Thanks to Flightline for such a wonderful Pic .

GReat I Managed to get a pic on here at last,
I will try a photograph the fabric, and put this on here too,

I would love to know more about your Jenny though, anyway we can find its history,

I am sure at the time it was seemed as the best option, against a strong willed military machine,

I would say “Hind sight” is a Wonderful thing !

we cannot right the wrongs of the past, But we can learn from them,

how far do you go back, ??, Churchill and the Galipoli campaign. General Haig
and the Somme,??

Slavery in the 17th century ??,

i see no problem in discussing it, But these people who scream “Murderer” well they were not there, and do not have the fears,Culture,or mindset of that generation, what RIGHT do we have today to Pour Scorn on Historical figures who Did there best in a terrible situation ??:confused::(