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  • in reply to: Illegal Immigrant and Depotation #1891242
    Al
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    I often wonder – would that magnificent generation who gave up their own lives so willingly for Britain in WW2 have been so keen if they could have forseen how it has turned out?
    I don’t think William Blake’s ‘green and pleasant land’ included becoming a huge melting pot of foreign cultures who, by and large, despise us…

    in reply to: Elgin scrapyard revisited #1096921
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    And lastly a panel I initially thought was from a Land Rover or similar, but the build and colouring inside definitely looks like it’s from an aircraft….
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Door.jpg?t=1272697185

    in reply to: Elgin scrapyard revisited #1096924
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    Another mystery panel…
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Part1.jpg?t=1272696832
    Spinner?
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Spinner.jpg?t=1272696900
    Ideas anyone?
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Part2.jpg?t=1272696952
    Strake from…?
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Strake.jpg?t=1272697040

    in reply to: Elgin scrapyard revisited #1096930
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    Looks like JG Williamsons call the Brumley Brae yard ‘Laverlockloch’ which is very close by. I spent a couple of hours at the yard yesterday, and had a good look at everything that caught my eye.
    Here’s the Sea Balliol section again, showing the control columns sticking up…
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/SeaBalliol-1.jpg?t=1272696246
    and some mystery objects – maybe someone can identify them! Gannet bootles? Last tested in 1974…
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Bottles.jpg?t=1272696367
    Tailpiece from?
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Tail.jpg?t=1272696569
    Anyone recognise the tyre pattern?
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Wheel.jpg?t=1272696

    in reply to: General Discussion #300820
    Al
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    I’d say he was a lying b*****d, and deserves to be experimented on…

    in reply to: 70 years without food. #1891485
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    I’d say he was a lying b*****d, and deserves to be experimented on…

    in reply to: WFU Abingdon, mid 1980's #1098041
    Al
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    Some info from http://www.ukserials.com/

    B3-17-64 XT274 Buccaneer S2A d/d 16/07/1965, to Abingdon 21/05/1985 for G/I as 8856M, then to Pendine Ranges, Wales, scrapped 1999

    WA368 XP352 Whirlwind HAR10 f/f 19/02/1962, d/d 09/04/1962, to 8701M, preserved Hermeskeil Museum, Germany as ‘XD186’

    WH703 Canberra B2 d/d 23/02/1953, to 8490M 29/03/1976, scrapped 03/1994 at Pendine Sands Ranges

    XA536 Canberra T19 d/d 04/1953, to 8605M 21/08/1978, to Abingdon dump 27/11/1980, scr. 03/1984

    in reply to: Heinkel 111 attack damage to Lossiemouth hangar #1098603
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    This isn’t one of the hangars that is being demolished?

    [QUOTE=AndyG;1573135]Is this one of the hangars coming down?
    No, the 202 Sqn Sgt thought not…

    Well done that man!!!
    Last pic shows a round that didn’t quite make it through the 2nd layer, wonder if the round is still lurking within the door structure? (that’s if there is a floor to it as such)
    It looks like there is a floor to the doors, to take the wheels etc…

    Any idea if the patched holes are all the same calibre?
    Looking through the holes from the inside, the ones I checked at the bottom had a similar sized holes straight through.

    As several of the rounds have penetrated down to almost ground level, this would perhaps rule out an accidental own goal by local airfield defenses, especially if the negative depression required of the weapon was not available.

    I wouldn’t be surprised to find out the attacking aircraft may have gunned an aircraft sitting outside, or just inside the hangar, spraying up and down to get the target. I would have thought a station AA would have been more side to side…

    in reply to: RAF Lossiemouth demolishing two 1938/9 K-type hangars #1098613
    Al
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    No, they are still in their hangar nearest the Drainie Road…

    in reply to: Nimrod Museum Allocations #1099332
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    Still at least six complete Nimrods (including gate-guardian XV240) at Kinloss this evening. Heard a rumour that the scrap value is £5000…

    in reply to: RAF Lossiemouth demolishing two 1938/9 K-type hangars #1099381
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    New thread started for the WW2 hangar damage here…
    http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=99923

    in reply to: Heinkel 111 attack damage to Lossiemouth hangar #1099390
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    Interior….
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/InteriorDamage2.jpg?t=1272492507

    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/InteriorDamage3.jpg?t=1272492585

    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/InteriorDamage1.jpg?t=1272492623

    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Heinkel111crewLossie-2.jpg?t=1272492968

    in reply to: RAF Lossiemouth demolishing two 1938/9 K-type hangars #1099395
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    This was taken around 10:00 am this morning…
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm14/handshifterAl/Hangar28OCT10.jpg?t=1272491247
    … and it was totally demolished by lunchtime!

    in reply to: RAF Lossiemouth demolishing two 1938/9 K-type hangars #1099708
    Al
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    There were certainly cannon-equipped He 111H-3 and H4 variants operating from bases in Denmark and Norway at the time…
    http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/

    in reply to: RAF Lossiemouth demolishing two 1938/9 K-type hangars #1099803
    Al
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    Some text (same as above post) and photos from ‘Steep Turn to the Stars’ is attached to the inside hangar wall beside the damage, attributing the holes to the Heinkel attack of the 26th October 1940, so the RAF obviously think it was done then…

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