Theres Loads, there is a lot of coastal command stuff, whitleys, Liberators etc,pretty much every thing, but like ian said most of it not too deep, due to the rock /soil levels, saying that i bet Bodmin Moor got a few good uns 😀

Digging Heaven

and the Cornish woman are so hospitable, they even let you ave a Nibble on there Pasties, Cor you cant beat west country woman ,
I cant think of a better heaven,
Going on a dig in the beautiful south west,
on a summers day, the Cornish Woman out in the fields
with you whilst you work, a drink of ale or Cold Cider,
and a Nibble of her Pastie in the Hay, Heaven :diablo::D

Ebay Relics,

I know some agree and some dont, Thats life, But hasten to add, I begrudgingly am selling some odds a sods on ebay at mo, to go towards my project,
Rightly or wrongly, I dont really care, as these pieces I had allready Bought, and they were in a real mess, I also have spent days and days over the past couple of years trying to clean them up,

people fail to realise if you have bought something in a terrible state and taken loads and loads of hours to clean it up, to a presentable piece , they dont remember most of the time the reason the price is high is because of the hours of work thats gone into lovingly restoring the relic,

Yes I am selling some of my collection,(begrudgingly) But like I said, it is only things I have Payed for, and now are surplus ,
as for those selling bits of tinning for stupid prices, well not impressed at all,
Hence to say, If I dont know anything about it i wont make it up,(like others on ebay etc have been known to do) .

I wonder with the very strong feelings regarding selling aircraft relics, is this the same for say a German ww2 helmet , or anything else, as oddly enough it seems only to be with the aircraft fraternety that seem to have this View,

Does anyone out there collect “Other” Militaria, and have come across the same feelings ???,

It must be true LAC did fly Solo !!

I have just flicked through “Wings over Gloucestershire” and to be honest there are quite a few LAC casualties , What done it for me to proove that LAC DID have flights SOLO, was out of the Many one of the Incidents was a
Single Seat Hurricane !!
details below.

infact there are 3 incidents in one month in May 1941.

first was Hurricane P2968, of No 9 FTS ,Undercarraige collapsed on heavy landing at Babdown Farm, 1257535 LAC C.R.Tapp, 7/5/41.

Second was Hurricane V7444 No 9 FTS crashed four Miles SW of Stroud at 12.25 Hours Cockpit full of smoke Pilot unable to see,1255522 LAC L.Eate on 16th May 1941

Thirdly, Hurricane P3807 No 9FTS Crashed on approach to Babdown Farm after engine cut at Low Alt ,1285910 LAC L.W.Daniel, 27th May 1941.

Infact it seems most accidents from 9FTS in 1941 involved LAC rank,

Well Ive never really noticed it before, But i think it is pretty conclusive that LAC’s DID fly on there own, all be it with the flying training Sqaudrons

J C Cann

LAC Cann details, it seems to me he was the SOLE occupant of the aircraft , and as such is the only casualty,
Might be worth sending off for the crash card from Hendon though to be sure,

CANN, JOHN CHARLES Leading Aircraftman 657000

Date of Death 09/12/1941
Age 20
of the Royal Air Force United Kingdom

Buried at,

Row C. Grave 1. CHIEVELEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

And what a strange show it was as well. I know the weather didn’t help, but the word ‘crap’ springs to mind 🙁

Funny thing was, had to drive past Western Toyland enroute down the M5… and no sign of any wonderful museum there !!

I hasten to add Mr Kev 35 I did not start the Western toyland slur on those wo died there, it was this chap above, and whos remarks i found offensive ,like you rightly said, hence why i used it in our defence, I did not start this,but it seems people are very quick on here to run down peoples efforts, which infuriate me , it seems any chanc they get , they make sly comments deriding what we are trying to achive there,

as for the Canberra yes, i admit I am no expert, but with my friend at westonzoylands guidance, i will complete her, if anything all ready I have amassed a lot of parts to put in her, so your altimeter comment is quite comical, and i would do nothing to the canberra that could destroy her ,
I have the right tools and equiptment and help, she will be finished,

as for “childish ” outburst and Rants, I am not a Mad Muslim Cleric, Am i not allowed to Defend myself when others scorn us, and generally take the mickey,

I only came on this thread to see the nice pics of the Yoevilton airshow, only to find to my Horror , MORE sly nasty remarks against myself and others involved, I had to jump to our defence,

I will never win a argument with the likes of you sir, and I accept I am not as good with words as you are, No doubt , you will answer this in your usual fashion, using big words to make me look “childish” or whatever Profound new word you can call me,

as for research, when I need it I know exactly where to look, I have had dealings with Kew and Hendon Before, Not including the local press, and
local people. I dont need it yet , and when i do i will get it, I too have done over 20 years of research and know what avenues i need to take to find it,
I have it all anyway from a local historian in Westonzoyland.

To Rob Ant ,
I Apologise Profusely for interupting this thread, I just wanted to see some photos of the show , which were exelent , I would have gone but never realised it was on, even if it was to take some pictures of the Hunters, which are one of my Favs ,
But I came to look at the thread, and low and behold, yet again there was some nasty comments from people against our project, I hope you understand I had to defend our corner,