The escorting French type is a Martinet which is a derived French built Siebel 204 and the second shot is a Douglas C133.

John

John, see here
http://www.geocities.com/r80tm/

Thank you Blue Robin. I should have known as my son in NZ has a Fisher Horizon 2 and he had mentioned he’d looked at a Tiger replica.

John

I have a copy of the care and maintenance for the Gipsy Six, but the Queen III would be usefull, is it available or can I borrow it to copy. I keep looking on eBay but none turn up for the Queen II ( unless I missed a posting)
I am after the Queen II as well because it has the information on the fittings for the VP prop and I want to know how it compares to the Gipsy Six which according to my manual says is for fixed pitch props only.
These manuals are to help with the engines for the Comet and a Mew Gull replica.
Many thanks

Ken

The Gipsy Queen III does not have any reference to a VP prop fitting. You may borrow them if you wish. Just a thought, but do Newark have any manuals with their Dove. PM me if I can help.

John

Thank you, I was responsible for it. Though mine is on a bunker at Noirmont Point on the South West coast.

Thats the one, couldn’t quite remember the positioning. Thank you for putting it there.

John

Ah but the memory can play tricks.

An FAA pilot did come down near Lihou island, not in a Corsair, but in a Hurricane however this was not an 87 Sqn Hurricane that was a seperate incident.

A few more

1663 OCU Halifax V on 28/03/43, also a B25 mid 1944 .

276 Sqn Spitfire II clashed with FW190’s on 13/06/43 and came off worse. The pilot paddled ashore in Jersey.

Piccadilly Commando was from the 508th squadron of the 351st BG, all the crew survived the ditching.

There is a plaque to two Whirlwind pilots at the large German gun position on the coastal cliffs (North west).

John

Airframe panel colours.

If you mean the yellowish areas on the fuselage, its etch primer – not ‘gunge’ – its applied with a spray gun rather than a trowel.

Thanks for the reply. I rather gathered it was primer, Gunge was my tongue in cheek description, but what interests me is the different shades. There has been much conjecture in modelling circles as to the colours of the panels in the old black and white photos of the prototype Spitfire in it’s first rollout state. There are distinct shade differences to the various panels and some are apparent in the photos above.

John

She made two fights today with Jonathan Whaley at the controls.
There seemed to be a bit filming going on too (restoration DVD maybe?) and some air to air with a Harvard.
All good stuff.

Can anyone tell me what anti corrosive finish (gunge) has been applied over the natural metal in this unpainted state ?

Cheers

John