During WW2 were any allied planes shot down by ex-allied planes being flown by the Luftwaffe?
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/the-axis-lancaster-stunning-pictures-of-allied-planes-captured-and-used-by-the-luftwaffe.html
Not strictly Luftwaffe, but the Italian air force used a captured P-38 in August 1943 to shoot down a B-17 off Anzio.
That sounds like them, yes. They own (among other aircraft) a very nice former Air Cadets Sedbergh TX.1.
Basic aircraft woodwork techniques and tooling are very well brought in ‘Werkstattpraxis für den Bau von Gleit- und Segelflugzeugen’ by Hans Jacobs, pre-war and hard to find, but there’s some scans floating around on the web. Judging from the condition of the pod the repairs will be for static display only anyway…
I would say the UK climate would pose a long-term threat to any aircraft displayed outdoors. In any museum. Add to that limited funds and manpower for maintenance, and you are faced with an uphill battle. This Herald will not be the last outdoor museum aircraft broken up.
The Mitsubishi is indeed an Indonesian air force example. This would date it to 1945-1949 somewhere. Could be a home-made conversion of Ki21 into passenger transport, they are known to have been flying with the Indonesian AF in their struggle with Dutch forces in the (then) Dutch East Indies. There is an intelligence report which places a single unservicable Ki21 with the Indonesian AF at Surabaya in 1946, not much else is known of them.
The DC-3 in the Mosquito-picture should be malayan VR-SCO, delivered August 1947. The Lancastrian was deregistered December 1949, so that will give you a timeframe of the picture.
DC-3 VR-SCN was delivered August 1947,
PZL-Bielsko SZD-9 Bocian. With a helicopter cockpit as a head from St Mary Bourn scrapyard. Featured on this forum before, I believe.
Car’s a Renault 12, if that’s any help. So France or Romania are likely locations.
Not a Renault 12 I think (having driven them to a great extent much to my annoyance). Opel Ascona or the like I would say?
Uncommon on this side of the Pond: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEABEE-RC3-AMPHIBIAN-SEAPLANE-N6191K-ICONIC-AIRCRAFT-/271905526613?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4ed51355
In case you were wondering: no, we haven’t forgotten about you all. We’ve just been a bit busy to get the Prefect finished in time to fly it this year. Yesterday saw it finally finished after six months of on and off work on it. Here it is sitting outside looking very smart in the evening sun. The wing issue has been addressed with lots of new bits going in. The new vertical tail looks just like the old one. While we were at it the control cables were renewed too, and lots of other small jobs added up to a lot of hours (manufacturing a new inspection hatch hinge will take up three hours any day, for instance!). Yesterday’s weight & balance saw it some kilograms lighter than last weighing, which is great. Time to fly is coming up soon…
Time to get back to work on the T21, soon. But first we’ll have to finish building the new trailer for the Prefect, so it has a place to live again. It is now taking up the workshop space of the T21…
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To put it into perspective; there were crew lost on Halifax NA337, and the recovery went ahead anyhow.
IIRC, the crewmembers of NA337 who perished that day, were all known to be no longer aboard the aircraft. Hence it was not a war grave.
The remains of two of the crew members of W7656 however are thought to still be aboard the aircraft.
I imagine this one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_British_Army_Gazelle_shootdown
Photographs of it roadrunning in the Netherlands:
Irish Linen, Madapolam, and Egyptian Cotton were the three favourites for RAF aircraft.
A far cry from today’s Ceconite and Oratex, all artificial fibres.
If you are locally based Caroline, it would be easiest to check with the Darwin aviation museum. They have a bunch of B25 turrets (some with B25s attached).