there is some interesting damage on it I must say. no doubt in my mind that some of the parts that have been removed, were removed for other lightnings in preservation. wiring duct covers for instance, look as if they were removed carefully. What possible reason would you have for those?, other than to fit them to another airframe. Canopy removal, a good 45 minute job at least on an old rust bucket like that. some odd repair patches too, like the two holes one each wing on the roundel, obviously something recovered when it was retired?
other weird stuff, like skin punctured open, then torn back as if to get to specific components behind.
those two reheat pipes are gold!! the shrouds may be damaged, but the rest of the pipes are probably undamaged and hugely useful for refurbishing other pipes. Jet pipes would also be useful. The leading edge panels look to be unmolested too, plus all the ancillary pipework under no2 hatch, and the bottom of no1 engine, neither easy to locate as spares. The starters would most probably yield useful internal spares too. Control rods. all the solanoids on the engines and pipes. rare as rocking horse stuff, and easily refurbished.
There are lots of goodies still in that old thing as far as I can see, its a shame they will all end up in the scrap yard..
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