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  • May 24, 2005 at 6:56 pm in reply to: lancaster parts ID wanted #1378716
    Sonderman
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    Hei,

    The diver told me that he had untill now found 3 engines, he also said that it feels, like the are laying up side down ( the visibility is allmost zero)
    I hope to find out more later this week.

    best regards,

    Mathieu

    May 23, 2005 at 7:57 am in reply to: lancaster parts ID wanted #1381772
    Sonderman
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    Hei Peter, papa lima,

    Thanks for this very fast answer, at this moment I don’t have anymore photographs but I’ll ask for them.
    The id of the aircraft is unkown to use but we are very interested to find it, any idea what is necessery to find an ID? Is a dataplate from an engine enough?
    Also wonder if someone has photographs from these parts that shows were they were fitted at the engine?

    best regards,

    Mathieu

    April 27, 2005 at 5:40 pm in reply to: wanted: ID crashed a/c holland, May 1940 #1430054
    Sonderman
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    Thank you for all your replies!!
    I spoke with the old man today and he gave some additional information,
    he said that the pilot got killed and that the a/c came down south of Rotterdam. He also told me that the sticks they keep in there hands are the machine guns. I have been googling on dutch sites: could it be an aircraft from 264 sqn, I read that they lost some defiants the 12 of may 1940.

    best regards,

    Mathieu

    April 25, 2005 at 10:35 am in reply to: British oxygen cylinders #1433198
    Sonderman
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    here the photograph, failed the first time

    April 22, 2005 at 11:07 am in reply to: What qualified an ace? #1341995
    Sonderman
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    Some years ago there was an article in AM about airgunner aces, I can’t find that issue the moment, but if I remember well the top ace shot down 13 german aircraft May/june 1940 flying Boulton Paul Defiant. Some time later he and his pilot were shot down and both got killed.
    I´ll try to find that AM issue.

    best regards,

    Mathieu

    October 24, 2004 at 1:22 pm in reply to: Cambridge dual gasanalysis gauge? #1367288
    Sonderman
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    Denys, Mark,

    Is it possible that I can get a good photograph from the gauge that you found? Could be usefull for me in the future.

    best regards,

    Mathieu :rolleyes:

    October 22, 2004 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Cambridge dual gasanalysis gauge? #1370634
    Sonderman
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    Hei everyone,

    As promised a photograph from the T 8W instrumentpanel with the cambridge gauge. This panel is from a T 8W in Luftwaffe service as you can see the repeatercompass, the Germans used 24 T 8W with the 1st and 3rd staffel from S.A.G. 126 at the same time that the British 320 sqn was equipped with 9 T 8W’s. As far as I know the T 8W was the only aircraft that was operational by both, the Germans and British at the same time.

    Best regards,

    Mathieu

    October 20, 2004 at 5:17 pm in reply to: Cambridge dual gasanalysis gauge? #1375609
    Sonderman
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    Thanks a lot for all your replies!!
    I have a photograph from a fokker T 8W instrumentpanel but didn’t know which gauge it was on the photo, but now I know. as soon as my scanner is working again I´ll put it on this posting
    Was Cambridge the name of this paricular gauge or from its manufacture?
    Also nice to know if there were many type of aircraft equipped with this gauge.

    best regards,

    Mathieu

    July 15, 2004 at 5:28 pm in reply to: very interesting find, need help to identify #1556058
    Sonderman
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    good evening to everyone

    Thank you for your replies.
    The owner keeps the door in his house, it is not on a display.
    He still hopes that someone is able to help him to find out which Stirling it was, the numbers 1292765 and 342 AH are punched in a small plate that is attached to the door with rivets ( you can see it in the centre of the door) while the other numbers are painted. Is 342 AH perhaps the serienumber from the aircraft?
    I also wonder how it is possible that this door is in such a good shape? Was it ripped from the aircraft when a crewmember opened it to bale out?
    perhaps some of you have a good theory for this.

    best regards,

    Mathieu

    July 13, 2004 at 9:18 pm in reply to: very interesting find, need help to identify #1557305
    Sonderman
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    2nd try, first time I did something wrong, sorry!

    Mathieu

    July 13, 2004 at 5:12 pm in reply to: very interesting find, need help to identify #1557555
    Sonderman
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    Dear people,

    finaly I am able to post the promised photographs from the door that seems to be a Stirling door. The owner will try to find out more about the story in Danmark as soon as he knows, we will let you know.

    Best regards,

    Mathieu

    July 13, 2004 at 8:13 am in reply to: Polikarpov I-15 Identity #1558028
    Sonderman
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    July 1, 2004 at 12:17 pm in reply to: very interesting find, need help to identify #1601563
    Sonderman
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    Dear people,

    I have taken photograps from the door, but I am not able to place them in this forum untill I am back home in the Netherlands.
    The door is about 2 feet by 4 feet and has a window in it.

    best regards,

    Mathieu

    June 3, 2004 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Bf109T-1 folding wing #1816478
    Sonderman
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    Perhaps you can make a posting at the luftwaffe bullet board, http://www.luftarchiv.de

    Mathieu

    May 30, 2004 at 5:27 pm in reply to: Buried Aircraft again #1822864
    Sonderman
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    Hei Dave,

    Finding a rough position from wrecks wouldn´t be to difficult, if you make a study from the archives from the allied merchant fleet and the kriegsmarine. Also the cargolists from the ships can be found in the archives so it´s possible to find out what should be were. Perhaps the aircrafts are not the most interesting things to find, there must also be a lot of spareparts for the engines! ( camshafts, pistonrings etc.) my own experience with old machinery spareparts ( from the 1950´s) is that they are heavly coated and still will be as new after being submerged for so long time. An interesting book is perhaps : the road to russia, arctic convoys 1942 writen by Bernard Edwards isbn 0 85052 898 4

    best regards,

    Mathieu

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