The photos below show a tatty bomb unit from the Ju88 that came down in Portsmouth Harbour. Also is a mint unit. Unfortunately the plates had been removed. I had some from the Folly Farm Ju88 so popped those on. The extendable arm for the fuser is shown. It is clipped on to the fuse head ‘groove’ by two sprung wires. Hope this helps. I have part of a clockwork fuse I would love to identify. My hope is to get a 50Kg bomb or part of a bomb to pop a fuse into
I hope that is an early April Fools. If it turns out to be true, then a letter to the PM, my MP and the paper will ensue. This is the type of aircraft that should be kept in a national museum and exactly the type of exhibit the IWM was set up for.
I dont think its Peter Townsend. I thought Observer too. The bottom ribbon looks like an OBE to me. It must have been after the war as there is a 39-45 Star. Chances are he was a WgCdr (or the middle stripe is just painted too thick).
[ATTACH=CONFIG]224483[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]224484[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]224485[/ATTACH]Bit quiet on the grip/yoke front. Thought I would attempt (!) to start restorations of some ugly ducks! The first I bought a few years ago. It was recovered from a German dump and labelled as Me109!! I recognised it as a very disappointing swift grip. The 2nd gen jets in Germany had additional safety pins fitted (I had a Hunter one from Gutersloh).
I acquired a new trigger unit (though the swift had a single safe cover that on flipping up popped down the trigger). Restoration is almost complete so will post a couple of pix later.
Lovely pedal Ian! I think there is something about that Mohawk and its history. I have a soft spot for the aircraft type diverted from French use in those early war days. There were a few wrecks on the Plain that were left as target. By the time we were allowed to visit them they had mostly been trashed and partially buried.
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