Mike,

There is still Stirling EF311 in the Channel. Although in salt water, the structure of the wings is largly intact and could perhaps be useful in recreating engineerings drawings. But who is going to recover it?

Cees

Hi Cees

Is this the Stirling near the Isle of Wight? I was told that this was a complete wreck and not even worth recovering.

Did these guys have any Whitley parts by the way?

Any news on the section of the section of cowling from a Whitley from N1521? I would be most interested in hearing more about it. I’m sorry to say that the american guy who got those window catches is not responding which is very frustrating. I will keep working on him.

Another recovery in the pipeline soon, and awaiting delivery of a new toy to assist in locating our Whitley in the channel.

Elliott

We have a pair of Sturgeon wheels at the museum, if anyone’s interested in a swop for something more relevant to our museum.

Hi VP

Have you contacted the fleet air arm museum about these wheels? They are usually pretty good.

Then this must be the one in question, taken in 1966. Hope it still survives. Even a restored fuselage at least gives a representation of an extinct type.

Cees

Anyone know which yard in Scotland it was in? I spoke to one of the old scrappies up there a week or so ago. He told me that even three years ago there were WWII remains in their yard in Forres. Interesting to me as they had the contract to scrap the 19 OTU Whitleys. Alas, there is now a supermarket on the site.

Hi Ian

3 July – so it has already been broadcast? How did it go?

Elliott

Yes, Every thing I have read about the MB 5 it flew very well 🙂 , Pitty it was destroyed on a English Gunnery range 🙁 , As I understood it there was already to much put in to the Spit and other aircraft at the time, And the war budget simply could not afford it, And yes the new built MB 5 is not a replica as it must have at least 3% of the original, And as it stands there seems to be nothing left of the original 😡 , But it does look nice 😉 , Cheers for now, Phil. (P.S I am having my own battles with M.S. at the moment and did a 50min walk today (just made it), Must try to keep the fight going been 12 years now but I must say I am nackered, I will try and stay on this forum for as long as I can Thank you all) Tally Ho! Phil. 😎

Keep fighting the fight Phil 😉

It seems unlikely but I suppose it is possible. I still lived in the south in 1987 and I’m sure it would have been on the news or in the mags.
I remember reading a book by, I think, Paul Gallico many years ago and it said he’d removed ammunition belts from a crashed Hurricane in the woods somewhere around where he lived. IIRC, the author lived at Down in Kent which as the crow, or Hurricane, flies isn’t a great distance from Biggin Hill.

Hi DHFan

That will be Tom Gleave’s Hurricane which exploded over Biggin in August 1940.