Amazing. Had the alleged Burma spits been found then buried crated aircraft would exist at airfields everywhere and people would be massing to dig them up like rabbits. But as the Burma Spits so far have not been found, its all a myth and that its thought every aircraft scrapped was recycled and disposed of right down to the last rivet. Though personally I know this is not the case. That’s my two pennies worth. :eagerness:

Reminds me of a similar story about Tarrant Rushton Airfield in Dorset the only things left now are two hangars and a memorial.

I still prefer the old BOAC, much smarter than the present day BA Livery.

Amazing to think that the 747 was designed to be used originally as a cargo carrier with the compartment in the hump to be used as crew quarters, now its the first class cabin with tickets costing around £12000 to cross the pond.

Two more photos – quality not so good I’m afraid

Both taken in 1968.

That’s how I remember the colour schemes at Valley late 1960’s. As I remember it they changed to Strike command. The Hunters at CFS, very smart livery but boy were they ear blowingly noisy.

Leaving our airfield’s alone. Turning on London could be the German’s biggest blunder. Quote from the BOB Film. As with other UK Cities blitzed the idea being to break the moral of the British people, but it failed to do so. I lived in Plymouth early 1960’s the city centre had been flattened, even then still major bomb damage. Nearby Millbay docks and Devonport dockyard as I remember relatively unscathed. Most military targets where usually on the outskirts of the cities. Although sad to say bombing non military targets such as cities gave time to get the airfields and armament’s establishments back up to strength which it seemed to do.

Excellent quality pics. The fuel injector pump and the VDM Propeller as new condition. Only ever seen these close up in bad and fragmented condition from crash sights. What a fantastic piece of engineering. Thanks for posting.

Aircraft coming straight down at speed into the sea usually break up on impact end up very fragmented and scattered over a wide area due to sea currents. One media report I read somewhere stated the Aircraft in one piece upside down on the sea bed. This I found hard to believe. Then reports that it could take weeks to find the Flight data recorder and Cockpit voice recorder of which the locator beacon batteries last for 30 days.