I agree with Ivor’s statement. All I can add is that the ‘F’ in the part no refers to tailplane,fin, rudder and elevators. That narrows it down just a bit!

Sabrejet, I got the Speke display date from my log and have just checked with a friend who was also there. He confirms that it was a Whit Monday which fell on the 21st that year. Don’t wish to nitpick but am just trying to keep the record straight!

A brilliant tribute to a rather obscure airfield, which is no longer obscure owing to your efforts!

Thanks for confirming that, Eric. That’s where I must have got my original information from – an original copy of Flight. I never thought to check Flight’s archive!

That hangar looks rather like a modified T2. RAF Benbecula in the Hebrides had ten half-length T2s, the size reduction being an attempt to lower wind resistance in the frequent gales in these parts. In 1949, KLM acquired two of them and re-erected them as a single T2 at Schiphol. It was named ‘Hebrides’ and was capable of housing three DC-6s. I doubt if it has survived the airport’s enormous expansion.