Richard

It looks about right, a ring of bolt holes for the back of the engine and a section at the foot to take the end of one of the fuselage rails

If this is so, it looks like the engine was dismantled from this frame and removed. Rather than this being an undiscovered crash it looks like it was stripped of usable parts and the rest either left or burnt

Richard

I’m wondering if that is the engine mount

Richard

I would estimate four months and £150k. 🙁

Time will tell.

Mark

But we have a sortie at 5:30 tomorrow and I need this kite in the air!

Richard

Sometimes it’s the little things that illustrate just how marvellous ground crew in WWII were

Indeed

Richard

OK, how do we get back from Miss Piggy, first mate of the USS Swinetrek?

I’m afraid compared to yours, mines a dog

Richard

Oh good, if we are doing pioneers, how about Stringfellow?

Richard

Steady, may not be a Pup. As Powerfix said, these are fairly standard Sopwith parts. They look like fuselage components to me

Richard