As others have said there is something wrong with the pictures.The close up of the roundal area for me is a little odd.The structure appears right but the paint work is in a condition i would not expect.Also surely the cockpit would have more sand in it if the canopy was left open for 70 odd years.Somebody prove me wrong!

The detail around the hatch in my mind is so accurate and reminds me of the P-40 recovered from Russia by TFC. Note angle of shadow of door and compare angle of sun in other shots.
On the aircraft recovered from Russia one side of the fuselage was very bleached but the other clearly showed markings, even pencil marks on the hatch.
Yes you do get sunshine in Russia and extremes of temperature.

What engins are these then?

(not my own pic)

Hercules 216 Powerplants, ex Hastings.

I understood the Hendon Falco participated in the only attempt by the Italians to mount a mass attack on England.
The entire attack force is alleged to have turned tail when some Spitfires appeared and the Fiat now at Hendon force landed on the shingle bank at Orfordness with a broken oil pipe. I suppose it could have been broken as a result of a bullet hit but I thought it was simply a case of mechanical failure. Whatever the reason I don’t think it could be described as the most glorious day in the history of the Italian Air Force.

Further to the attack by the ITAF the inteligence report reveals that 85/16 MM6976 still carried 800 rounds of 7.7mm & 200 to 300 rounds of 12.7mm. No armour plate was fitted to the aircraft and it suffered 3 strikes on the port tail plane, three in the rudder and five in the stbd. side of the fuselage.
It hit the top of the railway embankment wiping off the u/c, skidded into ploughed field. Taken to Farnborough.

I was just going from memory of what I had read in Air Britain Impressments Log a very long time ago.
Was BT474 shot down or was it simply a case of an oil pipe became detached through some kind of failure? It couldn’t have been too serious as the engine must have been good enough for the RAF to fly her again.

Unconfirmed reports state that it was an oil pipe failure that caused the engine to overheat resulting in a forced landing. The aircraft was removed to Duxford where it was made flyable again.

Did the Falco’s score any hits, kills during the BoB? They must have mixed it a bit as the one at RAF Hendon was shot down.

The Falcos had a busy time over England , mainly in November 1940. Although kill claims were made post war research does not substantiate them.
For the full story read “The Chianti Raiders” by Peter Haining published in 2005.

Seems to me the guys in prison knew a lot more about digging a tunnel than the highly qualified “experts” of today who were planning the dig for three years. Once again small is beautiful.

Looking to purchase these two AP’s…

Tried the RAF Museum but they don’t have them…

Anyone know where I could get either photocopies or a scanned copy… 😉

AP.1538 Vol. I Airscrews.

AP. 1464B Vol. I Exactor Controls, Graviner fire-extinguisher system & tyre removals.

You need to be more detailed in your request. AP1538 has been issued over many years and covers many different types of propellers and was subject to rolling amendments. AP1538 in 1970 was totally different to the issue in the 1940’s. It was also issued in sub sets, AP1538E issued in 1944 covered Dowty propellers.
Your request for the 1464B is by equipment description easier to deal with as you mention Exactor controls which puts it in a time bracket.

C’mon, you know what it is off! How much?