The aircraft was flying with 131 sqn. Thanks for the link Spiteful. The MkVII pilots notes reproduced in the SAM Modeller’s Datafile book show the camera control in position.
The engine and prop are earmarked for Hendon or Brooklands, it being quite a significant aircraft. It wasn’t my dig but someone here might be able to answer your question.
Hello Cees, Chaz Bowyer’s ‘Hampden Special’ has three pages of excellent interior shots and is printed on the glossy paper that shows the detail. ISBN 0 7110 0683 0 or I could scan them for you. It even has a photo showing the pneumatic firing button mounted half way up the control column. Not ideal ergonomics!
Recovering from an atypically scorching weekend myself. Lots of bits to identify and a bit of minor souveniring. The Andover was part of air crash installation, with suitably weathered flight attendents. There was also a Gazelle pod on stilts.
Glad the dig went well, looks like a very nice Merlin. Doug at Fort Perch Rock is after a frame for 1st.Lt johnson’s P51 packard as well so perhaps a bulk buy? The frame they had made for engine from P7533 really looks the part.No wheels though which might be a problem. Would love to see what else you found.
The spade grip looks very nice indeed but the labels look like repros. The font is wrong and the airscrew control was usually anodised. Back to my tin of rivets, one, two…..
An excellent day out in fine company. Things to admire, things to buy and especially things to sit in. Good to put names to faces and as you said Pagen six hours travelling flew by. It was warmer in Wales though.
Nick, PM sent. Thanks Brian, ‘Disney at war’ brought up a lovely page of “Disney cartoons spur combat flyers”, great images and the 48th FS badge as you spotted. That cat was used by two other units, I wonder what the character was called?
Yes, it evaded detection through being under the floor of a Turkey shed for thirty years. Gareth had the good fortune to visit in the brief window between the shed being cleared away and the land redeveloped. The dig was challenging to organise as the landowner was( understandably) very concerned about strangers using mechanical plant on his land. Legal documents were signed and passes issued. The pilot’s family have been contacted and there is a piece earmarked to go back to the states. The aircraft narrowly missed a very large boulder at about six feet down and this was left on the surface by way of memorial marker. I’ll post some more photos when I’ve cleared my account. Interesting re the P39s. A second was lost near Shawbury and I was fortunate to find an eyewitness who was a keen plane spotter during the war and rememberd it vividly. When I got a copy of the accident report it contained an eyewitness report by the gentleman I had talked to, written when he was aged thirteen!
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