Yes, a Sturgeon. The museum at Fort Perch, New Brighton, Wirral has the extreme nose section from a TT2. I believe it came from Shorts at Rochester and must be one of the last surviving pieces of this obscure aeroplane.
19 OTU according to A-B serials. The unit started to re-equip with Wellingtons in Aug 1944 so maybe it went into storage for a while? Or else some of its history is missing.
Went to No 19 OTU at Kinloss and was eventually scrapped in 1948, quite possibly at the MU on the other side of Hawarden airfield from where she was built.
Agreed, Bob, that was a shameful episode. I have to say I didn’t notice the B-17 but there was a Polish Mustang with invasion stripes present at a purported Royal visit in 1940!
There are two Corsair wrecks as well as a Firefly. I took these photos in 1963 or 64 and JT693 was in a poor state then. The other Corsair is too far out and not accessible on foot. The Firefly, I believe, crashed rather than ditched so it is badly broken up.
I know very little about the Atcham P-39s. One was lost in a crash near Bridgnorth I believe. A friend of mine digging in the sand in the butts at Atcham in the 1970s found some spent 37mm rounds!
So that P-51K has finally been dug.
The scanning job proved unusually easy! A couple of copies of this 2003 book are listed on abebooks at around £20 but the postage from the States is a bit steep. A must though for an Atcham addict like me …
I’ve cracked it now for sure! Just remembered that I have a book entitled From Model T to P-38 Lightning, an account of the life of 48th FS/14th FG pilot William Schottelkorb killed in N Africa. In it is a monochrome pic of the sqdn badge for the 48th and it’s identical to yours. I got my copy of the book quite cheaply via abebooks from a dealer in California and it is signed by John Steges, another 14th pilot. I believe he has passed on now and there may be a connection with your relic. Will get the scanner fired up!
Hi Ian
I’ll see if I can scan the badge which is monochrome but the colours are described in the text. It’s a thick volume and it may be difficult. Just realised which Ian you are!
Dave Smith
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