Thanks for the response, and good to hear of the planned conservation work as it would be a crying shame to allow it to circumb to the ravages of the British weather after so much care has been taken to get it to Cosford in such great shape!
Considering they came out of service relatively recently and there were quite a few of them in service, I never realised Phantom bits were already so hard to find.
I wonder if this was the Llanbedr Bellman they flew through. A Meteor lost an engine on take off, tore a wing through the roof and ended up inside the Bessonneau hangar in the background. The pilot survived and eventually flew 748s for Emerald Airways up to his retirement. Sadly, he is no longer with us.
Just bumping this up if anyone can help with info. The museum at Wethersfield is set to receive a surviving section of this aircraft and they would like to know more about the circumstances of the crash etc to help with a display.
Looking for one of these red undercarriage lever knobs (on the right) to help complete a Vampire throttle box if anyone has one? I’m happy to buy plus pay the postage [ATTACH=CONFIG]238411[/ATTACH]
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