If it was in China I’d be thinking Stirling bits.

Were they Canadian pine, as used in Burma? 😉

I would suggest a question asked with the benefit of 64 years of hindsight…………

Planemike

Or even 66 years of hindsight 🙂

I was there too. Of course, of course I had the wrong lens on (50mm) as I was photographing the static at the time IIRC. Did take a couple of pics of the smoke and the rescue helicopter that was first on scene. Scary stuff. The wreckage of the cockpit section of one of the MiGs was (and presumably still is) on display at the Fenland & West Norfolk Aviation Museum.

Interesting to hear about the A1073. I live near there, and have never heard of this before. Does anyone have more details of dates, types of vehicle etc, and are there any photos in existence?

Of course, with no Canadian pine to protect them, they will be rusty not shiny by now!

As a lot of this road is now bypassed, maybe a recovery could be looked into, depending on what is buried there. Not really aviation I know, but another area of interest and you never know, maybe a Queen Mary trailer buried there with a Stirling on 🙂

Steve

Airfix Spitfire IX JEJ for me too. Followed by a Revell Fokker Dr.1 and then an Airfix Fw190D-9. The FW was the one that I painted, and I think I still have it somewhere.

Still modelling after all these years (at least 40!).

Steve

I can’t see any difference? Where should I be looking?

Welcome back, all three of you. Well done to the level-headed mods who kept a sense of perspective. 🙂