Even if you don’t want to sign the petition go to the link posted by Doctor Rita. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…of-remembrance

It describes the damage that will be done to the chapel, which amounts to nothing more than vandalism. I’m going to contact Historic England, who administer listing of buildings and their protection and who have the power to stop the damage at least.

Mine was Hermes G-ALDA at Biggin Hill in 1963

Depends what date you’re looking at. The first PSP fitted to the Vulcan was, as far as I’m aware, the Type R. This was made of canvas and replaced by a hard shell PSP but I can’t remember the designation or when. Gokone should be able to help with Vulcan/Victor fit. There was quite a lot in the PSPs, I have a copy of a photo from an AP, if I can find it I’ll scan it in.

Best place to find items from PSPs is evilbay and those boxes under the tables at aerojumbles.

This whole area, including life jackets, is one that needs a lot more attention, both what went with which aircraft and what went in the pockets/pouches/packs.

I have one of these that I’m trying to take apart but the glass rotates a little then won’t go any further, as though it’s locked.

Anyone know how to sort it out?

I wouldn’t mind betting it was stolen to order, as with some paintings.

Not everyone has scruples

Apparently there is stacks of it about, just waiting to be unearthed.

There is a map which shows around 5,000 known UXB’s in the London area alone – and that is just the ones they know about. There must be at least as many again. The wisdom then, as now, is that; left alone they are pretty unlikely to go off on their own.

Anon.

My house has blast damage but there are no signs of an explosion, no splinter narks etc on any houses near me. The London County Council maps show my house and a couple next to it as having blast damage but nothing more serious. One theory from some that know about these things is that it might have been a large bomb fitted with a “kopfsring” Think I spelt it correctly. These would cause a crater, there would be a pressure wave and a tremor in the ground. All enough to make someone think a small bomb had gone off. So I could have a ton of TNT under my road.

Another house nearby was damaged by a bomb passing through it and not exploding. The damage was repaired by an RAF unit. They might have been based at a local school that was bombed twice. Once the news was suppressed, the second occasion was very widely publicised. There’s still a lot of local bad feeling about it, if I were to mention the RAF being stationed there while the school was operating I’d be lynched.

Binbrook 74, PM sent

Those are chest type Harnessuit`s. The lack of parachute clips on the back and the anchor point clip between the legs identifies them as such. There are three types of Harnessuit, chest, seat and dual purpose. The dual purpose being the most common, the chest type being extremely rare and the seat type being hideously rare. The backs of the suits have been painted with dope to aid visibility.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for that. I was aware of the anchor point but they still didn’t look quite like it to me. Second opinions cn be usefull at these times.

Re the incendiary bomb, there’s a photo in a book of a Bomb Disposal officer at Biggin Hill surveying some bombs dropped in a raid on the airfiled and some of those are British. Allegedley captured by the Germans I can see some objections but none are insurmountable given the amount of equipment the Germans must have captured. It would have been much easier to convert to the British system thean the German one.