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  • December 4, 2009 at 11:43 pm in reply to: Summer Battle of Britain Spitfire Dig #1119145
    ian_
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    Excellent Andy, glad thats all sorted. Probably best to send details direct to Philippa so they can be transcribed by candle light into the Foote notes. They may otherwise disappear into my dubious filing system. All the best, Ian.

    December 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm in reply to: Summer Battle of Britain Spitfire Dig #1121477
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    Fascinating information again Andy, strange to think of 109s in the air over Shaftesbury! Thanks for looking that up. Without speaking for others I think Bostock’s Spitfire may have had an effect on the passage of information. It would still be nice for the family to have a tangible piece of their history. It is, after all, the main reason we do this.

    December 2, 2009 at 6:28 pm in reply to: Whitley Part (?) #1121531
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    I’ve seen a very similar casting, in the same colour from the upper turret of a B17F. I think the frame formed a kind of V under the guns at the front. Could be ever so wrong though.

    December 1, 2009 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Summer Battle of Britain Spitfire Dig #1122509
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    Sorry, No. In fact brain not in gear at all. Losses on the 7/10/40 Yeovil raid were all ZG26 Me110s. I don’t think 109s could get that far. ‘Shot down by messerschmitt’ had me thinking all wrong.

    December 1, 2009 at 7:52 pm in reply to: Summer Battle of Britain Spitfire Dig #1122910
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    Thanks for the info Andy, a lovely photo. There’s another of him here, RAF issue pipe in evidence. http://www.redkitebooks.co.uk/aa/ex09_Staples_Dorset.html

    Regarding the story, is it true that Staples was picked up by a service bus and the driver took him directly to hospital in Blandford, along with all the passengers? Your sketch map looks pretty accurate, the problem in finding the site was the four feet of soil deposited over the top. One for fancy technology not available back in the 70s. Steve was also pretty accurate with his memory as to the location. If the family are interested there are several nice pieces of Merlin which could be passed on. Regrettably attractive nieces are seldom impressed with twisted metal… Thanks again, Ian

    November 30, 2009 at 11:36 pm in reply to: Summer Battle of Britain Spitfire Dig #1123770
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    Thanks for the info. Unfortunately the water board probably had the engine away for scrap. Some of the ancilliaries had been carried down but there were only a couple of items from behind the Merlin, these being a harness buckle, bits of armoured windscreen and a fairing from one of the trim tabs at the tail.

    November 28, 2009 at 4:19 pm in reply to: Aircraft Parts In Buildings #1126347
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    Not quite buildings but my aunt repaired a saucepan handle with piece of tubing from a Spitfire, nicely reversing the wartime recycling motto. The grill handle was a small anodised linkage from a Ju88.

    November 23, 2009 at 7:53 am in reply to: Mystery Panel found in Scrapyard Nov 22? #1132151
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    Early Lysander I think. The shape matches a MkIII and the Ki Gas, limitations plate and some of the knob holes(!) all match. I’ve only got a MkIII photo though and yours has no hole for the oxygen gauges.

    November 21, 2009 at 5:17 pm in reply to: Is This A Bit Of Whitley? #1133278
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    Just found the Oxford on Mark’s midland website. Can’t find the Whitley though. must be losing it… The Me. filter and label were in the bag, Phil found them today.

    November 21, 2009 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Is This A Bit Of Whitley? #1133348
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    Thanks for the help both, was it Prescott, Glos, a Whitley came down?

    November 4, 2009 at 7:08 pm in reply to: South Cerney Typhoon parts recovery… #1148802
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    There are some photos from the dig next to the Mosquito at the Yorkshire Air Museum, it mentions ‘Tony’, Lee Norgate and steve Hague (hoping i’m not spoiling anyone’s privacy). The vast quantities of stuff coming from East Anglia got me thinking to…

    October 27, 2009 at 7:03 pm in reply to: German fighter found in Norway #1157455
    ian_
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    Lordy!

    July 30, 2009 at 1:21 pm in reply to: Name that part? #1164617
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    You’ve got me there merlin. I’ve not seen a picture of the controls for the landing lamp in any preserved Spit. It is shown in the MkIIa/b pilots notes and a very lovely example was recovered from P7533 which came down in Birkenhead park, hence my interest. That must be quite a rare piece you have there.

    July 30, 2009 at 12:44 pm in reply to: Name that part? #1164654
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    Spitfire landing lamp? Once youve got it fitted you’ll need another flap lever to operate it. That would just be greedy.

    July 13, 2009 at 9:37 pm in reply to: spitfire spares whirlwind stuff #1181724
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    It certainly looks wartime Graham, but the scratched serial is quite a clue. P8645 was a Spit which ditched returning from Lille in 1941 so probably not that one!

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