The Finnish Aviation Museum at Helsinki Vantaa has one of the most spectacular collections in Scandinavia…
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2103890/zoekactie-naar-oorlogsvlieger-duurt-voort
The search continues…
RH side on continental designs ?
Would have been a busy day as during the evening an Aquila Airways flying boat crashed on the Isle of Wight killing 45.
Never really saw the use of them until I had a canopy that was completely iced over on approach to landing. Very useful, a DV, to see where you are going, especially with a little sideslip. Also lovely to open in flight for extra ventilation on hot days.
https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/monument-voor-de-lancaster-ed865-aj-s-for-sugar-onthuld/
New monument revealed May 4th, for the crew of S-Sugar, by the son of P/O Burpee. Aircraft and crew lost today 75 years ago en route.
Whilst I have no technical insight into the particulars of this apparent engine failure, it would not be the first low-hours Rotec engine failure…
75 years ago, today…
That was quick!
The replica of a Scheldemusch (Texel museum, photo by Eric Munk, 12 augustus 2017)
– scroll down to the middle of the site
http://www.airnieuws.nl/phregister/497/luchtvaartnieuws.htmlMartin
Avro 626.
As stated before permits are needed to metal detect etc the old LZ’s. in part because these are also still the sites of ‘missing’ field burials.
The Wolfheze museum is excellent, and houses many original parts and complete sections of gliders (many were found locally over the years having been used for chicken coups etc on local farms).
If you know where to look, there’s a lot to be seen without disturbing the soil. Beware that most old LZ’s are on private land and owners have had bad experiences with people metaldetecting on their properties without permission…
Re 72: Never say never. But the Rockanje/Oostvoorne coastline has been extensively dredged, reshaped and even reclaimed to put in the Maasvlakte extension to the Rotterdam port…
Re #61: Sorry Mark, but I do not have this edition. I would say that it would be possible to get the images mentioned through the SGLO (http://www.sglo.nl) who publish the Bulletin…
Bertram wrote a book on his ordeal in 1932. ‘Flight into Hell’ is a good one to read.