No most of it too corroded, I have lots of parts from this aircraft, it came down not far from where I live and some of the elderly people remember the huge explosion and the damage caused. I knew an old lady who lived a good mile away and it blew in her windows. I have done some research and it seems the plane was named after a Tommy Trinder characture and that each engine was given a girls name begining with C. Some of the crew are buried in Haverhill and each year the Haverhill Army cadets place crosses on thier graves as well as the other war graves there. I have a copy of a picture of the crew who perished. It was not thier usual aircraft
Have done a bit of internet searching and found a MK 8 k with reference to the lightning. This being a MK 8 B with what may be a date (49) , Kev
Cheers Dave They look pretty close, do you think the US female fixed part is in steel manufacture as with my bits of wreckage, Kev
Yes I suppose there are, I was hoping that the panels were distinctive enough to be given a fix, I have a lot of RAF items and I dont remember ever seeing this type of bolt so I am still thinking German, Kev
Here you go, They seem to share a common inner female fitting, bolt heads have a design on them
pictures 1 and 2 are from second part and 3, 4, 5, from first part put on thread, Kev
Thanks Richard, I will take some close ups today. Salthouse is one of my favorite places , spent a lot of time there fishing. Kev
Thanks TEC we may be getting closer. These came from about halfway between pill box and the grassy hill feature
other part
Think German is a good hunch , Ive been trying to rule out an un manned Anti aircraft target because of proximity of Weyboune camp but havent found much on the web, I am beggining to think its too large for that
I have another piece of aircraft which was washed up about a year after this bit on same stretch of beach , they may well be un related but I will dig it out and post a picture.
The nearest wreck I know of on the North Norfolk coast was the B17 that went in off Cromer Parts of that still wash up on cromer beach after heavy weather.
Cant find any numbers , I may be mistaken re black paint but there is deffinately a reddish brown on some inner surface , the smallest tip end of the tapered flap seems to of once had a wood or comosite material in it to close it off.
chuffed if it is, Can parts like this travel a long way on currents?
Thanks Mike and Ian , I will put more parts on the forum over the winter , Regards Kevin
They also had Lysanders up there but I think they were for SOE operations. I know little about the Lysander , I thought they were un armed, although I have an old balsa model of one that seems to have small bombs an the wheel assembly?
I loved the part where the pins that hold the wings in place were ground to the precise diameter and then the warmth from Guy’s hand was enough to make them swell to over size.
If I ever win the lottery I will order a MKI . Kevin