Another reference to a B29 being at Horsham st Faiths in 1944.

I have so many good memories of Horsham St. Faith airfield, the people and the planes. When the B29 Superfortress visited England in March 1944 it spent several days at Horsham and I can recall being one of the favoured few who was able to climb inside the aircraft and look around it – even had a ride on the trolley down to the tail.
Les Willis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/57/a2626157.shtml

According to Haynes Dambusters manual.
B29s could be modified to carry Tallboys and Grandslams either recessed in the two section bomb bay or on inner wing pylons.

This book has been done to death on WW2 forums since August.
Just no balls in it. (Well maybe one.):dev2:

It appears that maybe, S.S. GAIRSOPPA could be a war grave, unless some other ruling has been made since 2006.

Article in Daily mail 05/10/2006.

Sisters’ court victory over father’s war grave
Two sisters’ court victory to have their father’s final resting place designated as a war grave could mean that most convoy vessels sunk by enemy action will now be protected.

Defence Secretary Des Browne had appealed after a High Court judge quashed his decision that the steamship Storaa should not be designated a war grave under the Military Remains Act.

He argued that if the ruling was upheld, then most merchant vessels sunk while travelling in convoy during the Second World War would have to be similarly protected.

Petty Officer James Varndell, 44, a Royal Navy gunner assigned to the ship, died with 21 others when the vessel was torpedoed in November 1943 by German E-boats while travelling in convoy.

His daughters Rosemary Fogg and Valerie Ledgard, both from Worthing, West Sussex, accused the Government of unlawfully failing to honour the memory of their father and the shipmates who died with him.

They feared divers would be at liberty to disturb their father’s remains. In 1985 the MoD sold the salvage rights to divers from Hastings Sub Aqua Association for £150.

At a hearing in June, the panel of three appeal judges headed by the Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, was told that High Court judge Mr Justice Newman had misinterpreted the Military Remains Act.

Nigel Teare QC, representing the Defence Secretary, said that the vessel and the grave of PO Varndell could not be protected under the 1986 Act because he died on board a merchant navy ship, not “on military service”.

He said that although the Storaa was armed and there were members of the forces aboard, like all convoy vessels, it was not in service with the Armed Forces but carrying a cargo between Southend and Cardiff.

Sir Anthony, in a ruling given today, agreed with the High Court judge that sailing in convoy could easily “assume the character of a warlike operation” if it was attacked or an attack was impending.

Richard Buxton, the solicitor representing the sisters, who were not in court today, said: “This has been a three-year court fight but it has taken 60 years since the end of the Second World War to get recognition for these Merchant ships on a par with the Royal Navy.”

Rosemary was 12 and Valerie just four when the Storaa went down in the English Channel ten miles south of Hastings.

The Secretary of State must now reconsider the whole issue in the light of the court’s findings. Mr Buxton said that in practice this meant that the court victory had “considerably widened” the scope of vessels eligible for designation as a war grave.

There you go courtesy Hugh Maclean WW2Talk.

Lest We Forget

ABDUL AZIZ, TINDAL. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL BARIK, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). 16th February 1941. Age 44.Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL GHAFUR, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL HAKIM, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL JABBAR, SEACUNNY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL KARIM, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL KARIM, OILER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL LATIF, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL MAJID, SEACUNNY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL MALIK, TINDAL. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL QUDUS, SERANG. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL RASHID, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUL SATAR, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ABDUR RASHID, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ALI AHMAD, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ALI AHMAD, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
AMIN RAHMAN, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
AQAL ALI, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
CARMICHAEL, Third Engineer Officer, ANDREW PARKER, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
CUMMINGS, Chief Officer, GEORGE DENTON, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
DUPUY, Purser, WILLIAM FREDERICK, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
FAZL KARIM, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
FERNANDES, THOMAS MARTINO. GENERAL SERVANT. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
FIROZ ALI, DONKEYMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
FYFE, Chief Engineer Officer, PETER EWING, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
HAFIZ UR RAHMAN, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
HAMPSHIRE, ROBERT FREDERICK. RADIO OFFICER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 16th February 1941.
HINTON, Deck Hand, WILLIAM THOMAS, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
HYLAND, Master, GERALD, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
ILLAHI BAKHSH, WINCHMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
JABAL HAQ, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
JALAL AHMAD, OILER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
JETU, TOPASS. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
KHALIL RAHMAN, SERANG. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
KHURSHID MIAN, CASSAB. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
KHURSHID MIAN, SEACUNNY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
KISHORI, TOPASS. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
LANG, Second Engineer Officer, ROBERT, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
LEONG KONG, CARPENTER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. n.d. between 14/02/1941 and 16/02/1941.
LUCAS, Junior Engineer Officer, WILFRED, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
MAJIB UL HAQ, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MAJID MIAN, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MANGAL, TOPASS. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MAQBUL HUSAIN, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MAQBUL HUSAIN, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MORRISON, Third Officer, CAMPBELL JOSEPH, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
MOTIHAR RAHMAN, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MUHAMMAD, BHANDARY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MUHAMMAD HARUN, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MUHAMMAD ISLAM, LAMP TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MULAQAT JUMA, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MUNIR AHMAD, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
MURSHID MIAN, BHANDARY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
NAZIR AHMAD, TINDAL. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
NISAR AHMAD, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
NUR AHMAD, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
NUR UL HAQ, SEACUNNY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
ODD, Fourth Engineer Officer, HUGH HENRY, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
PAIS, ACACIO ROZARIO. BUTLER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
PRICE, Marine, WILLIAM GEORGE, CH/24138. S.S. Gairsoppa. Royal Navy.
RAJA MIAN, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
RODRIGUES, BOY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
RODRIGUES, C. COOK (BAKER). S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
RODRIGUES, E.C. PANTRYMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
RODRIGUES, TIOFILO. GENERAL SERVANTS. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
SALAMAT ULLAH, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
SAYID AHMAD, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow).Indian Merchant Navy.
SAYID RAHMAN, CASSAB. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow).Indian Merchant Navy.
SHEIKH KINU, BOY. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
SHERAZ UL HAQ, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
SHUJAT ALI, OILER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
SIKANDAR BADSHAH, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
TAZ UL MULK, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
THOMAS, NORMAN HASKELL. DECK HAND. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 1st March 1941.
TUFAIL AHMAD, TRIMMER. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
WALI MIAN, SEAMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
WILAYAT ALI, FIREMAN. S.S. GAIRSOPPA (Glasgow). Indian Merchant Navy.
WOODLIFFE, Cadet, JOHN MARTIN, S.S. Gairsoppa (Glasgow).
__________________
“If Blood was the price
We had to pay for our freedom
Then the Merchant Ship Sailors
Paid it in full”

Had a word with a Morrisons manager the other day and he was appalled that Tesco,s took any cut in the collections.

In his store any charity is welcome, as long as contact has been made to establish when they would like to attend, so as to avoid all charities turning up on the same day.

They are also welcome to use the cafe or the staff canteen, for R & R.

Collecting buckets are often on, each checkout as well.

To me they look exactly like Tachograph drives used on lorries.
However I cannot see the two small holes which should be in the couplings where wire was passed through and a small lead seal was clamped on to show that the tacho had been calibrated and to stop the driver fiddling it.