John,

Better then to ask Lex my sheetmetalworking friend to emigrate to the UK then. I wouldn’t mind though.:p
This is a once in a lifetime project……:rolleyes:

Cees

Excellent pics Elliott,

Great to see that so many important parts have survived to help the project.

Cheers
Cees

I wasn’t having a go at Merkle, and it never was my intention to do so.

Just enquiring if he had made up his mind about what he was going to do.
As he has been changing his mind almost daily I was just wondering.
Nuff said.
Cees

Good to see her near flying status again. Hope they keep the silver scheme, it looks fantastic.

Cees

This is also the one as once rumoured in Flapast during the mid eighties as the only possible Stirling wreck that could be salvaged similar to the Halifaxes.
Alas, the pics prove otherwise.:(

The other wreck was investigated by the RAF Sub Aqua Club and after about a year halted as you mentioned because of a “war grave”. Then why work on it for so long before stopping, such a waste of the taxpayers money (not in my book though).
Have you looked up the correct explanation of a wargrave? Very interesting and also would get some egg on faces in high places:rolleyes:

Cees

Ok, I will do anything I can to help.

Cees

Redhillwings,

Good job, but a difficult one. Even if you do find that English Electric serialnumberplate. AFAIK all records linking factory information to the RAF serialnumbers were destroyed at some point in time. So you cannot crossreference to confirm a serial.

And it’s normal to find that the serialnumbers of the engines weren’t noted on the form 78.

So this will very likely be a process of elemination. Is the date of the crash known?

Other possible ways for identification can be:

remains of squadron codes/individual codes or serialnumber (all painted on the fuselage skin)
Codeletters painted on SBC’s endplates (general practice during wartime)

But this is a long and frustrating process, just keep trying and it will give results in the end.

If I can be of any help, please let me know.And keep us informed.

Cheers
Cees