I agree with all of you. It’s popularity is being stolen, despite the fact that is changed warfare forever. Without the Ar 234, where would the B2 and B52 come from? We would have developed jet engines later, but we need to give credit to the Germans for this.

I’m not so sure you are up your history, while it may have been the first jet bomber, do you really think that if it hadn’t been built nobody else would have come up with the idea of a jet bomber ? was the Canberra/B57 a copy ? “we would have developed jet engines later” The UK had already developed its own jet engines (whose engines do you think powered the first US jets)

According to the add. below for Coley’s, they had 3 locations in Hounslow, which was this one and did they all have aircraft scrap in ?
http://www.aviationancestry.com/Metals/Misc/Misc-RJColey-1958-1.html

The condition as has been said is remarkable looking at the largest size picture, interesting in that it has be dismantled/reassembled with ease looking at it and again as has been said there must be more of the aircraft.

The yard was as has been said not RAF Sandhurst and nothing to do with the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst which is 1/2 mile down the road, it was a small business dealing in aircraft spare.
The yard was in Florence Road opposite Dalley Court, now a car park.
I visited it in about 1970-72 and there was at least 1 Harvard still there then along with Vampires and Venom pods/parts.
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=sjqfwmgy1cpq&lvl=19&dir=0&sty=b&eo=0&where1=Sandhurst%2C%20Bracknell%20Forest&form=LMLTCC

Its surprising what can be done by armchair preservationists with the knowledge something is at risk and an interest to do something about it.

and I certainly am aware that a Catalina can be saved from the scrappers via armchair preservation, even from the other side of the world, and the WIX forum played a major role in that outcome.

Mark is being very modest here, as it is HE that saved PBY Sea Bitch from the scrappers from his armchair from the other side of the world to where the aircraft was with the help of local WiX member Gary Austin.

So it can be done, and with more information in this instance it could have been done.

and that the location is Hal Far. Well done!

I’m not so sure it’s Hal Far, the sun’s position is either SE or SW depending on morning or afternoon. Using Google Earth at ground level and the sun feature, if in the morning the background would be far further away,if in the afternoon the background would be out to sea. Could be Luqa in the PM, but Ta’ Qali is a better bet in the afternoon.