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March 31, 2009 at 8:52 am in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread #1223944

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Do any members have any idea what it could be from? Is it from an aircraft, or is it something like an officer chair with a harness added?

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March 30, 2009 at 3:20 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread #1224580

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Any idea on this?

ebay item 260385170448

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March 30, 2009 at 8:46 am in reply to: Aircraft Parts ID #1225303

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Thanks for the replies on this. It’s funny how easy it is to see where/how things would have been used when somebody tells you!! I couldn’t for the life of me work out what the dish shaped object was.

Johnnie

March 24, 2009 at 1:45 pm in reply to: Stirling BF445 lost 25th/26th February 1943 #1231662

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I did try there a few years back, but they hadn’t heard anything about Stirling parts. I had been keen to visit Earls Colne as my grandfather had been based there at the end of the war (from Jan 45) when he was the Gunnery Leader with 296 Squadron.

However I was able to have a flying lesson at the airfield so I am now able to say I have flown out of one of my Grandfathers wartime bases! I have also flown into Stansted quite a few times, and its always interesting to think that my grandfathers aircraft was the first to “land” at the airport. if only they had waited until it had been finished.

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March 23, 2009 at 9:25 am in reply to: Aircraft Part Hampden? #1233089

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Thanks for that. Does anybody have a photo of an example? Would it operate like a modern fire extinguisher, only it is quite thin and would bend very easily.

Johnnie

March 19, 2009 at 1:56 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread #1236875

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Thanks for the information Ross.

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March 19, 2009 at 1:31 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread #1236929

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Do any members have any idea what this is from?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MERLIN-BELIEVED-CRASHED-AIRCRAFT-ROCKER-ASSEMBLY_W0QQitemZ260379149659QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CPV_Aviation_SM?hash=item260379149659&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

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March 19, 2009 at 9:27 am in reply to: Whitley BD295 – Site Cleared?? #1237206

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Thanks for that Elliott.

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March 14, 2009 at 1:06 pm in reply to: Part ID Help #1163979

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Ah. Ok. I feel rather silly now!

Thanks for that,

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March 12, 2009 at 11:24 pm in reply to: Part ID Help #1165649

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Thanks for that. I had wondered if it could be fuel related due to the VOLATILE note.

I kind of thought there should have been a switch in the middle to change from the various settings. I take it that you are not 100% what kind of fuel thing it if from by the ****?

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March 12, 2009 at 2:15 pm in reply to: Crashed Aeroplanes – War Graves – Time Team #1166273

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I agree with the above. All remains have to be recorded to the Coroner, however, if you are to work in a cemetery site where you are guaranteed to find human remains you have to apply for a Home Office License prior to commencing with work which means when you do find remains you do not have to stop work and call the Police.

As for the MOD, you are correct in saying they will not grant a license to excavate/recover aircraft wreckage if there is a chance human remains exist, however one has to ask how many sites would not contain remains when one considers what many aircraft hit the ground at high speed and ended quite badly broken up.

There are a few sites within the UK that are classed as Wra Graves because the crew were not/could not be recovered, however there are many more sites which the MOD wilol not grant a license for as they might contain human remains even though the crew were “recovered” and have a grave.

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March 12, 2009 at 1:42 pm in reply to: Crashed Aeroplanes – War Graves – Time Team #1166287

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I don’t think there has to be a set age. I have worked on a number of sites where we have excavated burials from within the last 150-200 years because they would have been disturbed by development (such as trenches to accommodate new lighting in churches etc).

There are very few cases where archaeologists get the chance to excavate cemetery sites or burials for research due to the lack of funding, and most work is carried out in relation to development work such as new housing or open cast mining. As a result modern burials are usually not disturbed as not many people wish (or indeed are allowed) to build a new house in a cemetery, so more recent burials are not often disturbed.

I don’t think it is possible to say something has to be a set age to make it archaeological. Archaeology is about the recording (not always through excavation) of a monument or feature, and therefore even the most recent feature can be classed as “archaeological”.

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March 12, 2009 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Crashed Aeroplanes – War Graves – Time Team #1166441

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I guess so. I am note sure if there is anything in the Protection of
Military Remains Act (1986) about this.

As far as I understand it, any site from which the remains have not been recovered (ie the man or woman flying the aircraft do not have a grave) can be classed as a war grave.

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March 12, 2009 at 10:29 am in reply to: Crashed Aeroplanes – War Graves – Time Team #1166584

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I think an aircraft wreck is only classed as a war grave if it crashes at sea.

I’m not sure this is 100% correct as there are a few sites within the British Isles that are classed as War Graves because the crew could not be recovered (I assume because there wasn’t enough to recover).

Johnnie

February 11, 2009 at 11:46 am in reply to: Preserving corroded steel items #1210054

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Not sure about the other methods of protection, but if you use the wax method, the wax should be replaced every so often (about 5 years).

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