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March 26, 2017 at 4:16 am in reply to: Spitfire RM927/G-JNMA #780070

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Anything about the Welsh Spit Jg668 project?

March 25, 2017 at 11:18 am in reply to: Restoration of Spitfire NH341 #780259

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Is this thread a data plate rebuild then? :eagerness:

March 24, 2017 at 8:43 am in reply to: Spitfire Pneumatic Air Bottle #780709

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Tried here?
http://www.spitfireinmyworkshop.net/spitfire-mkix-story.php?id=27&title=pneumatic-system-1-air-tanks

March 21, 2017 at 6:19 am in reply to: Restoration of Spitfire NH341 #781965

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Do these ” facsimile” Spitfires have 300 etc, part numbers stamped on them like the originals ?, because if they haven’t that’s where the root of the problem stems from.

A modern day sheety would have a heart attack stamping numbers and letters into new made parts..Stress raisers..Why they are all ink now.

March 21, 2017 at 6:16 am in reply to: Type C (??) Radio Control unit for TR9 #781968

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Any 3D files send here and I will print them off cheap on my printer here..

March 19, 2017 at 11:37 pm in reply to: Restoration of Spitfire NH341 #782643

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Id rather trust my butt in a new build Spitfire than a 75 year old survivor with the advances in metallurgy,techniques and build quality.

March 19, 2017 at 7:12 am in reply to: Restoration of Spitfire NH341 #783305

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which did have a real history and story to allow the ID of something with very little history then you have removed something linking it to it’s past and reason for existence.

Quite the opposite,it adds to its history.Only when it is burnt and buried in the ground then it is dead..Thats what the word “history” is…

March 13, 2017 at 12:10 am in reply to: Restoration of Spitfire NH341 #786837

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Today, we gain another flying Spit, but seemingly lose an airworthy Meteor ( a hugely significant and rare type) , and whilst the Spit may be 10 times the ££value of a Meteor, sadly on this day, I think we are rather worse off.

Hopefully one day Meatboxes,Cranberries and a fair few newer jets will get the same treatment..Even today the USAF,s “legacy fleet” of 4th gen fighters are getting long in the tooth and will eventually be classified as “historical..We have technology and techniques today that people could only think as Science fiction back in the 1980,s when Warbirds started getting popular.Preserve what we have now for in 50 to a hundred years time what would we have to do to get a Desert Storm F18 into the air again?

February 24, 2017 at 10:42 am in reply to: First North American Built Spitfire Nearly Ready to Fly #795153

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First spitfire build I ever followed online and a huge impetus on the reason I thought “hey if these guys can do it”.A big congrats to the original team and all that followed on to finish her..
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February 20, 2017 at 11:35 pm in reply to: Spitfire Parts help identifying #797010

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361 08 is a wing part..Will take some detective work to find the exact part in an assembly.

February 7, 2017 at 10:25 am in reply to: WWII bomber guns versus fighter guns? #804916

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Interesting list

Below is a list of air gunner aces – not many have considered these guys but now you can change that. And then scroll through the images of the air gunners and give them a salute. Amazing men. An amazing time.

Rank- Name- Kills- Unit- Airforce- Aircraft- Gun position

British/Commonwealth:

Frederick Barker- 13- 264- RAF- Defiant
Albert Lippett- 12- 264- RAF- Defiant
John Roberts- 12- 108- RAF- Blenheim
S. B. Johnson- 11- 264- RAF- Defiant
Frederick King- 10- 264- RAF- Defiant
Henry Jacobs- 8- 219/600- RAF- Blenheim
P. Lillie- 8- 264- RAF- Defiant
Wallace McIntosh- 8 – 207- RAF- Lancaster
L. H. Hayden- 7- 264- RAF- Defiant
C. Sutherland- 7- 207- RAF- Lancaster
?. Bradford- 6- 57- RAF-Lancaster
Peter Engbrecht- 6- 424- RCAF- Halifax(Top Turret)
Robert Turner- 6- 264- RAF- Defiant
Fred Gash- 5- 264- RAF- Defiant
?. Martain- 5- 264- RAF- Defiant
F.W. Wake- 5- 264- RAF- Defiant
J.E.M. Williams- 5- 264- RAF- Defiant

USAAF/US Navy:

S/SGT Michael Arooth- 17- 527 BS 379 BG 8 AF- USAAF- B-17(Tail Gunner)
S/SGT Arthur J. Benko -16- 374 BS 308 BG 14AF- USAAF- B-24(Top Turret)
S/SGT Donald Crossley-12- 95 BG 8 AF- USAAF-B-17 (Tail Gunner)
S/SGT Benjamin F Warner- 9 – 99 BG 12 AF-USAAF- B-17 (Waist Gunner)
S/SGT John B Quinlan -8- 324 BS 91 BG 8 AF/20 AF-USAAF- B-17(5),B-29(3)(Tail Gunner)(Gunner on Memphis Belle)
T/SGT Thomas Dye -8- 51 BS 351 BG 8 AF -USAAF-B-17(Ball Turret)
S/SGT John D. Foley-7+8 prob- 22ND BG 5 AF- USAAF-B-26(Top Turret)
S/SGT John A. Murphy-6- 500 BS 345 BG 5 AF- USAAF- B-25(Top Turret)(all Zero’s)
T/SGT Weston (Wes) Loegering-5 -574 BS 391 BG 9 AF -USAAF-B-26 (Top Turret)
SFC Richard H Thomas-5- VPD 117- US Navy-PB4Y (B-24)(Front Turret)
ARM2 Paul Ganshirt-5- VD 3-US Navy-PB4Y(B-24)(Top Turret)

January 31, 2017 at 11:51 pm in reply to: Hurricane G-AFKX question #807846

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This is probably a loooong way off the track with reading old lettering on photos etc buuuut might give you an idea of the technique.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1094798/pg1

January 26, 2017 at 7:02 am in reply to: Battle of Britain question #811013

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Wasn’t at least one German pilot beaten to death by crowds? I recall the story as it being a pilot who’d bombed Buckingham Palace – but that just could just be the propaganda spin.

Off a hazy memory he landed in the East End where the area was hit pretty hard during the bombing.
There is an existing thread here abouts that details the darker side of civilians and captured pilots.

January 20, 2017 at 5:51 am in reply to: All you cockpiteers, look away now #813705

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The USAF and Marine corps legacy fleet is falling apart at moment so any older airframes are being scrapped for parts to keep the forces up to spec.

January 18, 2017 at 9:13 am in reply to: Is there a forum for Cockpit Builds? #814692

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If on Facebook try here..
https://www.facebook.com/groups/429558373751028/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf
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