North Yorkshire is the rumoured location, didnt know Peter Monk was involved? Must be a complicated swapsie?

I also understand that to be the case and seem to remember hearing the Spit connection was needed to oil the wheels.

Sincere condolences seconded….. 🙁 🙁

And for me personally an extra tinge of sadness, for, as one of the top scorers on the Hurricance, he was one of my boyhood Battle of Britain heros along with Pete Brothers and Bob Tuck.

Poor Frank Carey – he was one of my heros too. A Hurricane man through and through. I had always hoped to meet him, but of course that can not happen now.

Wherever you are Frank – keep doings those rate 4 turns 🙂

Sorry, but I must correct and complete my data about the crash on 09.August 1941:

The crashed a/c was a “Hampden Herford”, hit by zwo AAA and one Ground-MG.
The pilot was such as the glaring lightning, so he must crashed. Later the pilot confirm this. The Pilot was wounded hit on his pelvis, died later in the hospital. His brother was found died in the broken a/c next day.
One crewmember was woundet too, but alive.

summary: 2 KIA (Pilot and his brother), 2 POW (1 WIA)

Hope to find now more details about the crew and his a/c.

Following the pictures from the crashed “Hampden Herford” on 09.August 1941 (look at the “R” on the left side of the picture !) Picture 2 + 3

Second picture from the “Halifax”, crashed on 16.September 1941, Picture 1

Guys – the aircraft in the first picture looks very much like a Whitley to me.

Regards
Elliott

I am looking for details about the a/c, maybe some pictures of a/c and crew…

Hi pathfinder

I may have a picture in our archive – I will check for you.

Have any parts of thios aircraft come to light?

Regards
Elliott

Doesnt look a lot of room at that pub for a complete Vulcan?? Hmm perhaps the cockpit section may end up there and the rest left behind for a man with a JCB to take away?? as someone said already, this will run and run !! 😀

Best of luck to the bloke. If he has a spare 15k for the a/c then the chances are he can afford transport.

A four blade Hamilton Standard prop on a Spitfire. 😮

I don’t think so.

Mark

Then try a 3 blader 😉

Great pictures indeed – all sorts of wonderful things there.

Can anyone put up a brief history of this aircraft – and particularly how come it’s in the UK?

cheers, Gnome

No one knows the circumstances of its capture (unlike the Dinah). It was assumed that the Americans picked her up in Japan at the wars end and it was handed over to us. It was shipped over and stored for many years as an ‘Oscar’! They only found out in the 1960s that actually it was a Ki-100.

Great thread!

Thanks for this learning moment.

Last week we got some prefixed 285 wreckage 😉 care of the RNethAF including one very complete Pegasus engine.

Cheers

Cees

Wow – that’s great Cees. What was the history behind it? Sounds like the RNethAF are good friends to have!