Having bought many items off Evil Bay I would have to say that I have seen and bought lots of non authentic items that were advertised. Especially sold as “Spitfire”. However in this case the seller has been quite accurate in describing this item but I would suspect that it may be a reproduction of a high value item and therefore Not fit/suitable for flight or it’s intended use, so apart from not being able to view I cannot find any fault with the seller in this case.

There’s a book on the market; TSR2 Britain’s Lost Bomber by Damien Burke. it has a lot of interesting info on the aircraft.

Hi Ian,

I have one of those as well but Type 436, Very similar in shape etc. It was attached to the accessory gearbox of an early Bristol Pegasus engine and does not appear to have an electric motor but only a manual crank handle drive. Could be ex Sunderland or Vincent or even Baffin.
Do you have any more pictures of the Manual Drive as mine is missing this piece.

I think if you had another spare genuine blind flying panel you could just about swap for the whole set of six instruments! Most are reasonably easy to get on evilbay and from some flypast members, however the Turn/Slip and the Altimeter command fairly high prices. You might need the spacers that distance some instruments so they end up flush with the front of the panel as well.

There was a lot of instruments I recognised in the trays, I have a lot of them myself, the concentration of Radium would have been massive in the storerooms and as a result the authorites would have had no choice but to clean it up. Smashing them into the storage containers wasn’t the smartest move however as that would have spead more contamination. I guess the value of the gauges will go up now!

Hi Rkamm,

Just stuck with the Cheetah’s for the Oxford.

Hi tony the side plate is around 6mm thick I will get exact dimensions later for you. Mr mclittle what would you be doing with the badly seized mk9? parts????????? as you have some parts there that I havent managed to find for mine yet no matter how hard I look and pester people.

I’m going to use it as a trade item later on, However I need all the Valve Gear/Push Rods and any part that is compatible with the MK10, and swap the non airworthy parts on to it. Came very bare with no parts or ancillaries
What did you still need in addition to the starter/front nut?

Unknown Panel

Can anyone ID this instrument panel for me, When purchased off Ebay it was missing the ASI, Altimeter, DG and the AH so they may be the incorrect units but they have done a great job of filling the holes.