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…
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….
Another mystery panel…
Spinner?
Ideas anyone?
Strake from…?
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…
and some mystery objects – maybe someone can identify them! Gannet bootles? Last tested in 1974…
Tailpiece from?
Anyone recognise the tyre pattern?
I’d say he was a lying b*****d, and deserves to be experimented on…
I’d say he was a lying b*****d, and deserves to be experimented on…
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
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…
No, they are still in their hangar nearest the Drainie Road…
Still at least six complete Nimrods (including gate-guardian XV240) at Kinloss this evening. Heard a rumour that the scrap value is £5000…
New thread started for the WW2 hangar damage here…
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=99923
Interior….



This was taken around 10:00 am this morning…
… and it was totally demolished by lunchtime!
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/
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…