I wasn’t aware of that. Did Kermit Weeks trade something for his Albatros? Engine(s) possibly?

DD

Words cannot express how disgusted I am that those two aircraft are just being left sitting in that museum. In fact, i’m almost ready to say I will not visit the place again.

If it wasn’t for the RAF Museum they wouldn’t be in this country. They commisioned them.

I’m sure TVAL can build two more flyers if anyone wants to put up the money.

DD

Spitfire Alert

Funnily enough…

If I’m not mistaken, there’s a Spitfire fuselage loaded onto a railway waggon of scrap at about 6:15.

DD

Foray and Rocketeer

Thanks.

Foray please check your pms

DD

DD
Your wondering is correct in as much as each sub component had its own id plate and number, which makes it even more odd why there should be two major plates (giving final ‘whole’ aircraft details) on the fuselage sub component. One would do.

I’m no expert on Hurricane construction, but are you sure that the locations of the two plates are on the same sub component? The one in the cockpit is self-evident, but where was the other – on the rear fuselage upper decking ?

If they were on different sub components, with different 41H-xxxx numbers, then the airframe serial number may have been stamped onto the ‘secondary’ plate at a later date , when the components were joined together.

Pure speculation, of course…

DD

Foray

I agree. I just wondered if ,where there were two plates, they referred to different parts of the airframe; for instance, rear fuselage and centre/cockpit section. In that case I would expect the Hawker part numbers to be different.

DD

Perhaps he thinks he’s broken it?:):):)

Regarding other comments if the aircraft has a WWII applied paint scheme, then leave well alone and carryout conservation work only. Far to many organizations who should know better still insist on having every airframe looking better than factory fresh!

Eric

I agree.

I was at Lambeth on Tuesday just before the Spitfire came down. The stencilled detailing and patina it wore was in stark contrast to the immaculate Mustang, which to my mind looked like a giant Airfix kit in comparison. (No criticism intended, the P-51 as received by IWM needed a paint job).

DD