If only it could speak eh Ben?

Yes, that’s exactly what it is.

Bruce – I doubt the tail section from that Wellington would be usable – I understand it’s been sitting outside on the grass and is quite corroded.

If Peter Jackson wants to build a flying Whitley he just has to give me a call 😀

Dragging the thread kicking and screaming back to the original question….

I see no reason whatever that an airworthy Wellington could not be built, using a good proportion of original structure, if parts surviving up and down the country could be secured. Much of it could even come from a single aircraft – L7775. As I recall, the wings for this aircraft are at East Kirkby, and the Tail section at Moreton in Marsh. I dont know if much survived of the fuselage, but again, there are sections surviving which could form a basis.

Tricky bits would be Landing gear, wheels, engines, props – all the usual suspects, but its all do-able.

It just comes down to our old friend……. Money, and lots (and lots) of it!

Bruce

Well done Peter!

While not doubting it probably is from a Defiant, it does also look a bit like that from a Swordfish! Just thought i’d mention it…

Yes Ross, but remember the Defiant had a higher proportion of magnesium in the airframe than contemporary RAF aircraft. Doesn’t bode well for longevity in the sea.

Different aircraft,

Seven were lost in the area, Dalcross and Nairn examples have no missing aircrew hence lack of one of the normal reasons for a licence to be refused.

Nairn example is the only one to have been found at the time, rated as complete enough to be salvaged and that salvage to have been abandoned due to subsequent weather conditions.

Major but …. is the deep water dredging operations in the area for the rig construction yard.

Regards
Ross