Every aircraft has one Gold Rivet.

I’m not sure why you might think that all Aircraft Records are held at Hendon – I would imagine (and I acknowledge that I may be completely wrong!) that “some” technical records may be held there but not that many in reality, and probably only those particular to the exhibits or of some historic note.

In days of yore the F700 records for most aircraft records could (and would) be destroyed after a certain period (e.g. Component jobcards held in maintenance bays were destroyed after 1 year). Records were also routinely destroyed after the 2nd Major maintenance check retaining only the last check in archives and starting to build more archives from that check onward.

Engineering Record Cards/Assembly Record Cards/Component Record Cards (I think F735 & F749 & ?) were also routinely destroyed when the Part/Assembly/Component was scrapped. Items surviving with Record Cards are probably quite rare.

Engine Logs were treated like F700’s and “old” archives would have been destroyed after a repeated maintenance cycle.

Therfore: some records may have survived, most may not have survived.

There was a series in the Blandford Press by Kenneth Munson the one you might like was called “Fighters 1914-19” and include Attack & Training aircraft too.
Lots of good half pictures (top/bottom)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocket-Encyclopaedia-World-Aircraft-Fighters/dp/0713704837/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1347828255&sr=8-3

Quite.
It the military could get away with a couple of untrained guys with a few spanners, they would).

They did! – See Nimrod Review by C Haddon-Cave QC

Hueys attained the same type of naming as the venerable Jeep – named after the designation GP = General Purpose.

The original US Forces designation for this helicopter series was HU-1 (Helicopter, Utility…) which was changed very shortly to UH-1 (Utility Helicopter)

Later models had “BELL” moulded onto the left Rudder Pedal and “HUEY” on the right.

G-HUEY did not serve in Vietnam and was sold to Argentina as surplus stock in the late 70s. However, G-UHIH did serve in Vietnam and was resurrected from a boneyard.

Twin-pack Hueys, UH-1N and on, are indeed still Hueys – although they reputedly fly better!

Wow!
– My Missus has always said thats why I’m good at Triv – my memory is full of rubbish from years ago!

It might be worth your while buying a Whirlwind manual (available on e-bay) to research this more.
I never saw this installed – but it was pictured in the parts catalogue which must have shown where it was intended to be fitted.
If the SS-11 was a visual f-b-w missile – it may have been a hand-held controller, or a unit installed instead of the co-pilots controls.

I remember seeing the SS11 and GPMG mounts in the Whirlwind (Series 3 HAR10) Vol 3 – Parts Catalogue. …If you have one.

…the only armament I ever saw installed was the Flare Gun and Night Flying flares.