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  • February 4, 2009 at 8:45 pm in reply to: Wellington #1217196
    ian_
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    I think the tail section at Moreton is from the Scottish Wimpy on the cover of ‘High Ground Wrecks’. The Pembrey one was much less intact. My late brother attended the recovery and gave me the photos which means they are in an obscure sub division of my appalling filing. I did see a photo of an engine being helicoptered off a couple of weeks ago. I think it came down 6th Jan 45. Pembrey ORB anyone?

    February 4, 2009 at 7:32 pm in reply to: Wellington #1217329
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    It’s one of those stories which was actually true. A big lump of the tail section, including the base of the turret was pulled out in the mid nineties and went up towards the midlands somewhere. I’ve got a couple of photos of the remains in situ which I’ll dig out. There is still quite a lot of wing structure and undercarriage left behind. Don’t know the serial off hand.

    February 3, 2009 at 12:13 pm in reply to: Early Spit cockpit photo #1218937
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    Thanks for that Mark. K5054 does look very different with the compass where the BFP should be and odd spade grip. The photo was a Vickers print, stuck in a late Peter Fote book, but no more detail. Would still be nice to know which Mk1. On the earl Spit front, Do you have a decent picture of the UC indicator without the ‘pull down for night use’ blind? Have only seen a couple and can’t read the numbers.

    February 2, 2009 at 11:08 pm in reply to: Early Spit cockpit photo #1219405
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    I think K5054 had a different spade grip, with biplane type trigger? Your label should be screwed to nice bit of wood and put on display! Uploading has taken away a lot of the detail unfortunately.

    February 1, 2009 at 6:44 pm in reply to: Blackburn Firebrand. #1220960
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    Hello Tangmere, perhaps it should be removed to a place of safety….

    January 31, 2009 at 8:55 pm in reply to: Blackburn Firebrand. #1221910
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    There are a few bits of Sabre powered DK379 extant in my shed. Unlikely to appear at Legends. Story here: http://www.redkitebooks.co.uk/aa/ex08_Firebrand_Boscombe.html
    There were some good paint samples, manufacturer’s stamps and part numbers and a couple of labels but time has not been kind to the remains.

    January 26, 2009 at 10:26 pm in reply to: Canberra in Worcestershire #1228069
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    I talked to guy a good few years ago at an agricultural show near Ludlow. He had a private museum on his farm and had a canberra cockpit. He gave me a card (with a plane on it) which i have now long lost. There was an offer of a visit but I stupidly never took it up…. A pathetic lack of detail but he seemed genuine.

    January 23, 2009 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Cockpit Canopies, have you found one? #1232142
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    It was a from a Typhoon which crashed near Chepstow and was recovered by the Severnside Aviation Society. No idea where it is now. The pilot had managed to jettison it but didn’t manage to get out in time. Like a lot of Typhoons it was very well recovered at the time.

    January 22, 2009 at 11:13 pm in reply to: FW190 discovered in forest near St Petersburg #1233001
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    Found it, pinched it, spent it. in a badly quoted blackadder way.

    January 18, 2009 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Spitfire UC indicator #1237766
    ian_
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    Thanks Mr C, I’ll try that to.

    January 18, 2009 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Spitfire UC indicator #1237823
    ian_
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    Thanks for the lead Elliott, I’ll have a go on the lathe and when that goes pear shaped seek professional help. All the best, Ian

    January 17, 2009 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Spitfire UC indicator #1238617
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    I was that excited bargaining didn’t come into it. I nearly snatched the woman’s hand off!

    January 17, 2009 at 8:11 pm in reply to: unusual air combat encounters #1238736
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    For an unpleasantly one sided encounter the pilot of a Hawker Hart was caught over Old Sarum by an Me110 in July 1940. “pilot jumped but killed by gunshot wounds and multiple injuries” according to “Fleet Air Arm Losses”.
    Also read somewher of the mission to ferry Horsas over the Bay of Biscay, presumably to Africa. They were bounced by Ju88s. That can’t have been nice (although I think everyone got away alive, if not moistened).

    January 8, 2009 at 9:46 pm in reply to: DB-3 in Russia #1168857
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    There are more pictures of the recovery here (my Russian fails me so I don’t know if this is the recovery group) http://www.szpoisk.spb.ru/ge.php?path=/nahodki/db3

    The link came from here, with details of the crew and some very grisly pictures of their remains: http://warrelics.eu/forum/armour-weapons-aircraft/515-db-3-bomber-recovered-karelia-2006-year.html Hopefully they ended up in a more dignified situation.

    A slightly unsavoury site which is big on trophy hunting and low on history (lots of people holding relics with their faces blanked out!). A certain blogger would probably choke on his kendal mint cake if he came across it.

    January 3, 2009 at 1:00 am in reply to: Swordfish Wreck – Glen Callater #1174451
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    High ground wrecks has it as L9730. Has anyone got Fleet Air Arm Losses to check?

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