‘gold a/c’

Hi
there are many a story of a/c with gold,
Apparently a ‘G’ class flying boat took off from RAF mountbatten, plymouth , about ’41 , with gold bars on board and was shot down near the coast of spain.
Story has it the a/c was never found and the gold hasn’t been recovered.
Who knows maybe they will all turn out to be true one day.
Cheers
Jerry

two standards ?

Hi,
Not condoning the posting and sale of the photos .
However there have been many e bay WW2 photos of a/c crashes with the pilot / or crew lying alongside, and I have never seen complaints on any boards, only discussion on which a/c it was, who the pilot was , etc.
Even on this board I have seen crash photos discussed, the only difference I can see is that the photos are old, from WW2.
It brings to question the thoughts of morals & aviation history.
If we follow general morals, should a/c, whose crews were killed in the crash, have their a/c recovered for restoration.
Some have said it is disturbing a grave & restoring a coffin.
I wish to make clear I myself have been involved in ‘dig groups’ in the past, so am not casting stones.
Cheers
Jerry

some types

Hi
Some known Arran crashes
Cheers
Jerry

ANSON N4939 – 28/1/41
ANSON DJ472 – 2/8/42
ALBACORE L7109 – 9/9/42
B-17G 42-97286 – 10/12/44
B-24D 42-41030 – 20/8/43
BEAUFORT L4479 – 30/8/42
C-60 42-56014 – 30/9/43
CHESAPEAKE AL941 – 22/7/43
MARTINET MS757 – 18/1/44
MARTINET MS756 – 17/2/44
SEA OTTER JM880 – 31/8/45
SWORDFISH HS552 – 5/9/43

book

Hi,
Thats the one, had a few interesting bits and a few twist in the plot as i remember, more I think it would make a good film.

The other book i recall a bit less aviation tho’ was called ‘dancing dodo’ ?
Something to do with a crashed SS b-26 in kent & aviation archaelogy & rift valley fever, but the memory of it is a bit hazy.
Cheers
Jerry

simplistic ?

Hi
Maybe a simplistic view,
But if the airframes are ok to 2012 & the a/c are useful, surely it is sufficiently justifiable to modify them to take a different make engine ?
It’s still 7 year of life.
Cheers
Jerry

some info

Hi,
Just some info,
an extract from the RAF harrowbeer station record diary

12 may 1945, aircraft of 26Sq patrolled the channel islands to ensure the safe arrival of the main force which was to liberate the channel islands, one of the aircraft , Mustang I, AP219, crashed on landing, swinging off the runway and into a blast pen , killing LAC Marsh.

Possibly one of the last deaths as a result of WW2 ( in UK ) ?

Cheers
Jerry

starkey

Hi Dave,
Correct serial P6974 , always captioned by many as dieppe raid stripes, actually in this case marking for operation Strakey, a dummy/faint invasion in sept ’43.
It is only my personal thoughts but there might have been an OTU whirlwind , I have info on a whirlwind coded BT-Y mentioned earlier in the thread, codes were done by a FAA pilot, so I doubt he copied them down wrong !
I can only trace the BT code to 30 OTU, at present, but this seems to have only flown wellingtons, maybe it was for fighter affiliation excercise.

slightly o/t but a link to p-40’s with BT code, which might help prove the fighter affiliation theme , or is another unit that used the code BT

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?theme=392&originator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault%2Easp&page=2&records=68&direction=1&pointer=1994&text=0&resource=2578

Linking 2 + 2 together and making maybe 1000, but the P-40 sharkmouth markings might explain the whirlwind with similar markings !!

Cheers
Jerry

just a bit more

Hi,
Just to add a bit more to the info from the westland site for discussion

quote

‘ the Whirlwind achieved limited production as a fighter-bomber ‘

A tadge hard to achieve limited production of the fighter bomber : –

The last whirlwinds left the line in late summer 1941
First fighter bombers were converted at Colerne where the bomb racks were fitted, in august 1942.
Most of the conversions were field level at 263Sq or 137sq bases , only those already undergoing repair at westlands were done there.
Cheers
Jerry