Mosquito :diablo:

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What these aircraft are is essentially scrap metal.
I would have salvaged all usable or intact parts and then smelted the rest for casting small cast models of the aircraft.

And you call yourself an Aviation Archaeologist? 😮

If you’re going to have it in Wales I’m sure Mark Morris will come.

Steady on Steve! Wales?

I hope that most of the wreckage was left in situ, since even if no human remains are present, it is still a memorial of sorts, and has about it an air of dignity and relevance, which is more than can be said of recovered scraps of corroding aluminium.

Very thoughtful post Propstrike. Sadly I am afraid I cannot see any immediate correlation between your dignified sentiments and the images in the programme of the rear fuselage and tail being disc-cut to pieces.

Neilly, the Mosquito scheme is not there to ‘impress’ you or to act as a ‘memorial’. Its simply an accurate recreation of the scheme this airframe wore when it was operated by the RAF. Its really is that simple and very much in keeping with current thinking wherein we try to re-create the exact and authentic markings ssociated with an actual preserved airframe rather than ‘adopt’ a a scheme that it did not actually see service in. Look at PV202, (sorry IAC 161) for a similar story. It has nothing to do with any lack of respect or loss of opportunity to respect the valiant Mosquitos crews.

The caption says it all really. One of the Spitfires is TB863 which still flies in NZ (see my avatar).

I went to the museum yesterday. Driving down Graham Park Way it struck me what an unlikely location the site now appears for national aviation museum. It seems to be stranded between a housing estate and a railway and being slowly engulfed by an industrial estate. This was obviously not the case when the concept forthe museum was first conceived on this site but my, how times have changed.

I also had an overpowering desire to demolish the 1970’s structures and expose the original WW1 hangars concealed behind them.