Many years ago I was travelling through Colorado and found the Fred C Weissbrod ‘collection’ but it was really a number of scrapped aircraft. The place was secured and had fierce looking dogs protecting it so I couldn’t gain admission. What appeared to be the fuselage of a F7U- Cutlass was almost buried under parts of more common aircraft. Going on the internet I see there is now a proper collection of machines, but sadly the Cutlass is not among them.
It was designed as a bomber before the war when bombers were named after inland UK towns (Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster etc). Later that system changed to permit other names to be used ( like Mosquito, Brigand etc)
My first ever flight was as an ATC cadet in a Lancaster coded H.D but it was in a (very dirty) white colour, not as the photograph above. I had never previously encountered noise like it. I was partially deaf for 3 days afterwards!
The swastika was known in Britain as the ‘fylfot’ and there are many examples of it adorning British aircraft during the first world war and even after.
I have the AP 1660C&D Volume 1 for the Stirling, dated April 1944. I see the TR9 was installed but the electrical and radio diagrams might as well be in Martian for me. Is this too late a Mark or edition? If not PM me.
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