Magnificenr job! Are engines available?

Yes, that would be interesting. If you need any help in the translation, please let me know

The aircraft was a Whitley V Z6800 of 102 Sqn . The only survivor was Sgt J Williamson

I went there many years ago with One Squadron Harrier GR3’s. I remember the museum at Stromness was very interesting on the naval history of the place, scuttling of the WW1 German fleet etc

SW284 – Part of Production batch of 13 mk 3’s built by Armstrong – Whitworth May/ June 45. ASR & GrMk3 236OCU, SMR, SOC 6/9/56

RE154 – Part of Production batch of 87 mk 3’s built by Avro at Yeadon March – June 45, 101 Sqn, SOC 14/10/46 (doesn’t seem to fit!)

RF322 – Part of Production batch of 170 mk 1/ 3’s built by Armstrong – Whitworth Feb/ May 45. ASR & GrMk3 279 Sqn, 38 Sqn, 37 Sqn, SMR, SOC 11/7/57

Goering looks across the channel with his mega binoculars and sees Michael Caine’s dog at his ratty flying club

“Dover? – nein Rover! “

Extract from a history of RAF Watton:

http://www.rafwatton.info/timeline/1950/pl1950.html

After the Formation of the CSE in late 1946, a new unit had been formed at 90 (Signals) Group HQ, Medmenham. This was the Inspectorate of Radio Services and Installations, IRIS for short. The IRIS was tasked with the global supervision of all RAF Air Traffic Control and radio communications. It would operate one aircraft only and this would be based at Watton. The aircraft, Lancaster PA477 named appropriately ‘IRIS’, would carry the Inspector, a Group Captain and his crew, sometimes likened to policemen by ATC personnel, to where ever inspections were to be carried out. Often the aircraft would be away from Watton for a number of weeks travelling as far as the Middle East, Africa and the Far East. In May 1950 the Lancaster was phased out and a replacement aircraft, Hastings TG560 ‘ IRIS II’ replaced her.