Thanks everyone for your posts and advice – I added some pics to the first post to give it a bit more substance. The shipment will probably arrive in the northwest, so it would be logical to store it nearby but I am open to storage anywhere in the UK.

Thanks to anyone who can help

This Whitley cowling popped up on ebay a while ago. It’s the bottom cowling and sits underneath one of the Merlin Xs. It was found at Chepstow Racecourse which was the site of an old Maintenance Unit – it’s not clear which Whitley it came from. I am indebted to Ian_ who helped me out and picked it up for me – thank you Ian… It is upside down in the second picture – the square cutout is for the radiator door (which was also included) – there were air scoops fitted on both sides.

As Ian said, a useful piece of Whitley!

One of the scoops and the radiator door can be seen in the b&w picture. I’m pretty confident that with some hard work all of this material can be re-used.

Untitled by Elliott Smock, on Flickr

s-l1600 by Elliott Smock, on Flickr

whitley cowling 3 by Elliott Smock, on Flickr