Weren’t the recovery parties civilian contractors? I seem to recall that from that nice Mr Saunders’ books.

The bodies were certainly recovered by civilian undertakers as I interviewed someone some years ago who remembered his father going out to retrieve bodies around RAF Debden.

So there’s another layer to add to the list of places where confusion could have occured.

Adrian

ETA – and isn’t there the supposed lost Sopwith Camel found during WW2 in the Scottish highlands? As far as I am aware that was complete spheroids, so a little exagerration might be all it took to start a story.

You’ve never moved a panel from one! About 25 years ago I trapped for a Young Farmers clay pigeon shoot, and each trap had a wall of straw bales behind it, and a couple of sections of Anderson shelter for good luck. They are very, very heavy! Seriously thick steel. They will take a lot of rotting out.

Adrian

They’ve moved all those wooden crates from the far side of the Naughty Field, and are filling them with Spitires to send to Burma.

I’ll get me coat…

Adrian

I think that’s the one, David – Austria rings a bell.

Adrian

I’m sure I’ve read somewhere realtively recently that the He111 sections were being used in an (airworthy?) restoration somewhere.

I do recall the fuselage section out the back of the EAG building, but I don’t recall paint on it. Mind you, I was 7 when these pics were taken so…

Adrian

I guess it’s just from being used to modern airliners landing, but that “flying at the ground” attitude on final approach looks a bit disconcerting!

Adrian

There are Wellington wings at East Kirkby, from a crash site in Scotland. Apart from a little fire damage to one, they are in astonishing condition for something that smacked into a hillside, then sat there for fifty plus years.

Adrian

Spitfire in the distance seen from the Newbury Show at about 4.20 this afternoon.

Adrian