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  • August 9, 2009 at 11:42 pm in reply to: Did you have these in the 60s/70s!!! #1159731
    ade wilkes
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    stuka,me109 and i think a fw190,gotta clear out my moms loft so i will see if i still got them.

    July 24, 2009 at 10:24 pm in reply to: 'Shot-down German bomber' spotted in reservoir thanks to Google Earth #1168752
    ade wilkes
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    Ok,I got one for you..
    Near Garreg Goch mountain,Brecon Beacons,there is a unknown identity spitfire in a bog,which is a war grave.Confirmed by locals
    Up until a few years ago the tip of the tailfin could be seen,it is now totally submerged.
    The exact location is fenced off.
    Unfortunatly google earth dont go down to ground level,but you can see the wreckage of vampire vz106,the tail booms have been arranged to represent the airframe.
    Also scan south west of Garreg Goch and you should find a Cessna/Piper high wing aircraft.
    OS map co-ords spitfire-825-179.
    vampire-828-202
    unknown-802-162

    July 7, 2009 at 8:34 pm in reply to: Meteor Missfire #1188578
    ade wilkes
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    You could try contacting Bovington tank museam as they have resident mechanics on site.
    They are surely the ones to ask?.
    There is also one thing over looked and thats valve clearances,too tight and the valve will be held open and could cause similar symptoms.
    Are they pushrod op or shim/bucket?.
    Also check the operation of the floats in the carbs and possibley a compression test.

    July 1, 2009 at 9:58 pm in reply to: .303 Ammunition #1194621
    ade wilkes
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    I think you will find that the firm Kynoch was a Birmingham firm. As I remember it was situated in Aston, which as you know is an area of Birmingham.
    But they were a very important part of the midlands war effort.

    As is rightly pointed out it amalgamated with Eley when I seem to remember them still producing shotgun cartridges. Though they probably still produced shells for the M.O.D post WWII.
    Regards

    Yes my favorite cartridge was the Eley grand prix,no 6 shot,a good all-rounder.:diablo:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:55 pm in reply to: .303 Ammunition #1194622
    ade wilkes
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    Check this website out—http://www.dave-cushman.net/shot/303hist.html.
    all the infos there:cool:

    July 1, 2009 at 9:07 pm in reply to: .303 Ammunition #1194654
    ade wilkes
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    ROF Blackpole still standing in part and now Blackpole industrial estate.
    Managed by Kings Norton metal Co,during the war.

    July 1, 2009 at 8:24 pm in reply to: .303 Ammunition #1194747
    ade wilkes
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    VII = Mark VII
    K = Kynoch
    39 = 1939
    ^ possibly R^L =Royal Laboratories = Woolwich Arsenal

    Mark VII only authorised for use on the Vickers machine gun due to higher charge content.
    Amendment–OOPS,Mark 8 for vickers.
    The VIIC picture,”C” denotes cordite

    June 16, 2009 at 12:59 am in reply to: Watch tower in strange place….. #1212471
    ade wilkes
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    Any pics?…

    June 16, 2009 at 12:53 am in reply to: B17 crash info #1212474
    ade wilkes
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    Thanks,that would be great,
    The Freeman book let me down,there obviously no serial number to go on.
    The remains were allegedly salvaged by a detatchment from the EFTS at Hockley Heath?.
    There are some referances to aircraft abandoned,out of fuel and listed as lost in the North sea.
    Thanks again.
    Ade

    June 13, 2009 at 10:22 am in reply to: Raf Cosford Airshow this weekend #1214822
    ade wilkes
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    I would imagine there is no Harrier,Tornado etc present due to operational requirements..
    There is a war on..dont you know..:D

    June 11, 2009 at 11:57 pm in reply to: B17 crash info #1216271
    ade wilkes
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    yes schweinfurt,forgive me now:D

    April 15, 2009 at 9:55 pm in reply to: Surviving Belfast Truss Hangars #1204836
    ade wilkes
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    RAF Monkmoor,Shrewsbury,as was,home of 34MU during WW2 are being used as an industrial estate(how original-lol),have got a triple and a double,One has been refaced with glass and all seem in good order.Many smaller buildings also survive.

    April 8, 2009 at 11:49 pm in reply to: Quad Machine Gun Mount #1212599
    ade wilkes
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    Something along tose lines came to my mind also, though I was thinking of the same setup on the M3 halftrack

    The M16 half track used a modified version of B-17/B-24 ball turret powered by a small petrol engine,according to the instruction sheet on my tamiya kit.;)

    April 8, 2009 at 11:44 pm in reply to: Quad Machine Gun Mount #1212601
    ade wilkes
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    Great piece of kit,just dying for restoration and maybe some de-ac Brownings

    November 4, 2008 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1233812
    ade wilkes
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    fradley

    mate of mine worked on the fradley site,for a car spares firm.one of his colleagues has apparently got a heaving loft full of dig ups!.i believe they broke up mainly wellingtons

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