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  • June 10, 2010 at 2:58 pm in reply to: Tommy Broom #1120818
    Alan Clark
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    I see he was the then Sergeant Broom who baled out of Blenheim T1884 near Stalybridge.

    June 5, 2010 at 12:25 am in reply to: WW 2 bomb kills three in Germany #1128262
    Alan Clark
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    Well, there will be a lot of broken windows in Blackpool-on-South.

    The only good point is that the ship is at least in water and it does seem to get into casings and degrade the contents, though muntions that have been recovered from WW1 wrecks have in a number of cases been shown to still be viable.

    May 27, 2010 at 5:22 pm in reply to: Some aircraft wrecks around Moray, Scotland #1137319
    Alan Clark
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    That runway faces in land, did you mean its reciprocal 05?

    May 22, 2010 at 5:35 pm in reply to: Mystery Firewall – possibly Miles ? #1145024
    Alan Clark
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    I’d take a guess at a Martinet, type number being M.25 and both the part numbers begin 252.

    They were operated from Silloth, and a few were written off there.

    The overall diameter of the Mercury engine was greater than that of this fire wall but I would normally expect the firewall to be a little less than the engine.

    April 22, 2010 at 11:25 pm in reply to: Mystery DC3 / C47 Tail Fin – help needed #1105879
    Alan Clark
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    There appears to be a number missing,

    According to the book I have the 5 is wrong, that little bit of diagonal on the left hand edge only appears on 8 and 9 which doesn’t make any sense as there were no C-47s in the 41-388XX block.

    The only way I can see it being a 5 is if the person doing the painting didn’t have a 5 and used an upsidedown 2, which would give that diagonal section.

    April 22, 2010 at 6:12 pm in reply to: Another whatsit? #1106292
    Alan Clark
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    I am certain that it is a Sabre’s gun sight reflector.

    The link below shows a stripped out cockpit and you can see there the stainless pins would sit and there appears to be a catch or similar where there is notch at the sharp end of the triangle.

    http://www.airliners.net/photo/Iran—Air/North-American-F-86F/1454098/L/&tbl=&photo_nr=10&sok=&sort=&prev_id=1454099&next_id=1454097

    And I think this clinches it,

    http://www.36thfbs.com/a-4_gun_sight_on_f-86f_sabre.htm

    April 22, 2010 at 12:38 pm in reply to: A-26 Invader #1106711
    Alan Clark
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    As everything was covered in mud I cannot be certain, but it looked like it was on both sides of the cockpit from the forward bulkhead to the wing root. From my photos I can’t tell if it was all the way round the lower fuselage or just the upper sections.

    The piece I have has traces of olive green paint on the edges and inside face, there is nothing left of any coating on the outside. I think it may have been natural metal as the rest of the aircraft was in that finish.

    April 22, 2010 at 12:49 am in reply to: Another whatsit? #1107115
    Alan Clark
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    The inspectors stamp looks like a Canadair one (I have only ever known them use that stylised C), and 172 ##### is seen on Sabre parts, so now out with the diagrams of Sabres.

    April 22, 2010 at 12:38 am in reply to: A-26 Invader #1107135
    Alan Clark
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    The armour around the cockpit from the two we dug out on Warton Marsh in 2004 was heavy aluminium plating, most of the skinning had turned to powder but the plates which had been bolted on were still good. I’ve got one of the smaller sections and here are the dimensions

    Length – 13 5/8″
    Width – 10″
    Thickness – 9/32″

    Secured by two countersunk cross head screws (1/4″ dia screw, 1/2″ dia head) with washers and locking nuts on the back.

    The holes for the screws are positioned diagonally from each other 3/4″ in from the long side of the plate with one 4″ in from the right hand side and the other 5 3/4″ from the left hand end.

    April 20, 2010 at 1:33 pm in reply to: Photos of RAF Kinloss old 45 MU site visit #1109317
    Alan Clark
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    I believe that the dig was done to recover Whitley parts, and it may have been associated with the clear up on the RAF side of the fence, I was told that several barrels of glycol were found and lots of fire blankets so the hole was filled. I don’t know how much was actually recovered.

    Depending on what the inspection stamp is on the part with the number BM 563 2, it could be of AW origin. The shape of the stamp is similar to those used by AW.

    The large pieces of wood bolted to stainless steel plates and steel structure are from Oxfords.

    Yes, that tear drop is part of a D/F loop housing, were they standard parts shared by lots of aircraft types though?

    April 20, 2010 at 12:55 pm in reply to: Photos of RAF Kinloss old 45 MU site visit #1109408
    Alan Clark
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    Some interesting bits of Ansons, Oxfords and I think Whitley there.

    Was this the area where a dig occurred in the 80s? I know a lot of the usual airfield debris was uncovered.

    April 8, 2010 at 1:06 am in reply to: War-graves A question of identification #1121692
    Alan Clark
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    MRES / MREU files are so far as I know still with the RAF / JCCC though they are up for transfer to the National Archives under the file reference AIR 81 at some point in the future (don’t hold your breath on this one).

    April 5, 2010 at 7:18 pm in reply to: National Archives/Kew/Public Records Office #1124856
    Alan Clark
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    Those tables do help, but really you need a remote shutter control to avoid having to stand up all day.

    March 26, 2010 at 9:09 pm in reply to: Panavia Tornado 4147 44+47, 21 Oct 1986 #1135727
    Alan Clark
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    Jim Corbett has put more or less what you already have on his web site, http://www.acia.co.uk/, you will find it in the crash sites section.

    March 17, 2010 at 12:49 am in reply to: Books that list WW2 training accidents in Canada #1146423
    Alan Clark
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    If we are talking about UK published books, then no, there don’t seem to be any dedicationed to the training losses in Canada. Though a large number of books contain information.

    As as example, the Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (Air Britain) lists individual histories and has a lot of crashes in Canada for Oxfords at the various navigation & bombing schools. The same can be said of the Anson File.

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