Crikey! They’ve got a Beaufort. 😮 Steve P

That’s where my ‘signature’ at the bottom comes from 🙂

Last time I visited the Beaufort and Beaufighter were adjacent to each other but the Blenheim in the Battle of Britain Hall(?). Will we ever see the three types lined up anywhere?

Roger Smith.

…Still, I leanrt something new, about the internal storage of depth charges that were winched out along the wings before an attack. I had wondered what the holes were for! DS

you obviously never built the Airfix model of the Sunderland then:D 😀 😀 – mind you it was probably their most expensive aircraft model when it first came out.

Roger Smith.

Great to see these pics and thanks for sharing them with us.

Almost as interesting to see the background/context they are set in – Heathrow was a fairly basic airfield in 1952.

Roger Smith.

The Caernarfon Museum has come in for some sharp critiscm during the life of this thread. I see there is a small article about the Museum (mainly about their HM.14 Pou du Ciel) in the new issue of FlyPast with the promise of a more in depth article next month. Wonder what that might say about the Prince?

Roger Smith.

Hi Timmy – welcome to the Forum.

Zwicky produced their own three-wheeled fuel bowser but wouldn’t have been big enough, I wouldn’t think) for use on Lancs/bombers. They were used for fighter types during WW2 and some passed into civil use post war. I don’t know if Zwicky did any other types of bowser.

The Midland Air Museum used to have a three-wheel Zwicky bowser many years ago. It had been acquired from Alvair/Alvis on Coventry Airport then loaned to Bob Mitchell at Sutton Coldfield and never returned. 😡

Bazv mentions a Matador – was that the name of the AEC lorry the bowser was based on??

Roger Smith.

Hi Runsky – welcome to the Forum. Hope you’ll be a regular and let us have updates on progress on XM173.

You are probably aware already that a number of Museums have moved Lightnings by cutting (and later rejoining) wings and fin. Just to suggest talking to a few of them to make the job as easy as possible.

Roger Smith.

I’m with you on that one 🙂

One of these – this one answers to “Jove”

Allan

Aaaahhh! one of Coventry’s finest

Roger Smith.