I’ve had a look on Multimap and the railway line does indeed look right, as does the shape of the coast. I’d check the history of the hangars, as I’m not convinced that any of those visible are there now, or if they are they seem to have been reduced in span.

Incidentally, has anyone ever been to the Leuchars war memorial? It’s tucked away on its own in a field behind the cemetery over the estuary in Edenside – most peculiar!

Adrian

Hmmmm. Wonder how much he paid for the carbon dating? Something tells me that he’ll need to get a damn sight more than £200 on ebay to make a profit if he really did…

Adrian

Colin Hodgkinson had a similar number of intact legs to Bader (though I think his were both amputated at the same level – whether below or above the knee I’m not sure). There was also a pilot named McLachlan who had an artificial arm, and I believe the leader of the Me110s that were supposed to provide the escort to the Eastchurch raid on August 13th 1940 was a one-legged WW1 veteran, possibly named Huth?

There’s three off the top of my head – no doubt there will be many more, with far more detail, added to the list before many minutes have passed!

Adrian

Well, the Marquis of Anglesey’s (Marquis: “By God, I’ve lost my leg!” Wellington: “BY God, sir, so you have!”) artificial leg is on display at Plas Menai, so there’s precedent. And the Wellcome Trust have all sorts of gruesome things on display in London. Odd, certainly, but there’s far more ghoulish out there.

Adrian

The Essex Aviation Group recovered a Hurricane that had later been fitted with an earlier fabric wing from Finchingfield in 1978. There’s at least one member of the group on this forum (name escapes me – either it’s something to do with Beaufighters, or he has a Beau as an avatar, if that helps). It was a long while ago, it was in very small pieces, and they’ve lost their premises at DX since, so don’t get too excited, but you never know…

Adrian

Peter Rushen of The Fighter Collection?

Cees

Sorry Cees, haven’t a clue – I only know him here, not in the flesh.

Adrian

And not forgetting that a considerable proportion of the uranium for the Hiroshima bomb (and the test device? – can never remember which one that used) had been on board the U-234, destined for Japan when the war in Europe ended.

Adrian