Another, similar, incident in Coventry.

However, despite our opinions of the perpetrators, there may be a little bit of good comes out of it…..

As someone said in an earlier post we don’t know whether it was a couple of pounds or a hundred but it has generated front page headlines in the local rag. Our rag (as I am sure others) gives good coverage to Remembrance Day (and ex-service matters generally) but the prominent news of this indefensible act just might encourage people to dig a little deeper in their pockets this year.

Roger Smith.

I, too, have used the CWGC site tracing a relative.

You mention the crew being buried in Reichwald Forest – it is possible (as in the case of my relative) they were re-interred in a CWGC cemetery after the war.

Good luck – and let us know how you get on.

Roger Smith.

That is great news. My hopes that we might see one preserved in the UK were beginning to fade.

Cosidering how close a neighbour and ally France is/has been we do not have a great deal of French military hardware in the UK museums (excepting Mystere IVa) – I’ve always wanted an Ouragon over here 🙂

Roger Smith.

Fabulous stuff.
How did you construct – is it as original from old drawings or been made “as near as possible” from photos?
Whichever the end result is wonderful and look forward to seeing your future projects.

Roger Smith

Ah, that kind of Westland Whirlwind!
Have two more different aircraft types ever carried the same name, and built by the same company.

Vickers Viking?

Roger Smith.

Nice set of photos.

Can’t help thinking it would have taken quite a time to stow the rotor blades and that framework to hold them might need a crane? Still it was a prototype.

Roger Smith.