The Boscombe down NF.13 is WM367. You can tell an NF.13 from an NF.11 in two ways:

An NF.13 is “tropicalised” with the addition of extra flaps outboard of the engine nacelles, and air conditioning ducts fitted to the underside of the cockpit, below the radar operators position. Examples of these air intakes can be seen on TT.20/NF.11 WM167, because it has been fitted with the nose of an NF.13 at some time in its life.

I helped rescue WM367’s cockpit from a farm yard in the early 90’s. Both outer wings and rear fuselage were collected too, but I think the group that “owned” it thought it was beyond restoration, and scrapped all but the cockpit. It needed a lot of tlc. Hope it has gone to a good home?

David, the cockpit is currently with the collection at Long Marston, fortunately inside one of the buildings on the site.
Personally I have a wish it could be repatriated back to the Museum at Coventry as part of the AWA collection, but it remains merely a hope rather than anything more.

I think you might find one or two at Bentwaters!

Actually there are 21 at Bentwaters, and a further 10 at the owners home nr Ipswich.
If museums are interested in preseving any of the type, they would be better served by getting together a collective approach to the MOD for the flyers still with 6 sqn.
Otherwise I suspect they will follow in the same direction as the others.

I see in the latest “Wrecks & Relics” the index lists 31 preserved examples.

Roger Smith.

Roger, we list 66 ex RAF ones still existing around the world, quite an amazing survival rate really!

Regards

The ‘Price’ of preservation

“The overall cost of ‘Airspace’ is in the region of £27.9 million and will have a 10,000 square metre exhibition featuring 30 classic British and Commonwealth aircraft.”

WOW a whopping £930,000.00 per aircraft under cover 😮

Just think how many aircraft could have been put under cover if that amount had been given to each of the regional independant museums. Plus they would have been accessable to more people around the UK without having to all travel to the centre of the universe – the south east of England.

Don’t get me wrong – I like Duxford, its atmosphere, its aircraft, its airshows, Legends in particular. However I cannot help but think the fact they have sucked up the majority of the available public funding over the last few years may now be at the point where at least some of it would have better been used if made available to more smaller museums around the country.

Now donning my tin hat and flak jacket.

Banshee at Ottawa

Here’s a picture of the one on display in the National museum at Rockcliffe, taken earlier this year.
Very nice aircraft in a very nice Museum !

XL703 in the Sun

This was taken a few years ago before it was consigned to the stores. Must have been trying to top up the tan before the long years in the dark !

Last time I spoke to Brian was about six months ago and the project was still very much ‘live’ He is still collecting parts and has the intention to carry on building it into a more complete example.
The radiator for it was still at the museum until the fairly recent past, but thats now gone back into safe storage with the rest of the project.