Steady, may not be a Pup. As Powerfix said, these are fairly standard Sopwith parts. They look like fuselage components to me
Richard
He’s right you know. I’ll dig out my Pup book later, it should be possible to say what each one did
Richard
He’s right you know. I’ll dig out my Pup book later, it should be possible to say what each one did
Richard
he’s not just any tiny little man – he’s a Leprechaun – it is an ex Irish Air Force Spitfire after all
Are you sure he’s not a gremlin?
Richard
Hi Richard
The saddest ones to me are the tank crews where the gravestones are joined together as they cannot distinguish the individual person.
Allan
I find those quite touching too, yet somehow right – they served together as a tight crew, died together and remain together. I seem to remember that there are aircrew buried in a similar way.
Richard
For me, it’s those tiny wayside cemeteries that are the most moving. IIRC, outside Viller-Bocage is a beautifully tended cemetery with a single British officer’s grave. Clearly local people think an awful lot of him
Richard
Moggy,
If you’ve never been you have a choice. The British Cemetery at Bayeux is very simple and very moving.{snip}
Indeed. Especially wandering around with your dad as he finds old friends and tells you tales about his mates who are buried there
Richard
Thanks Tony. I wasn’t doubting what you said, just surprised to learn something
And I’m Richard
Richard
Couldn’t resist having a little furkle.{snip}
Aha! Itchy fingers?
Richard
So electric gyros,
Inside the instrument?
Richard
Ohhh, those knurled, slotted nuts make my fingers itch – I wonder what is inside…
Incidentally, would an instrument in an aircraft have such tamper-friendly nuts?
Richard
I hesitate to ask this – what would it say when it wasn’t saying OFF?
And is there some writing in the casting under the window?
Richard
MORE: I see now, Serial Number 24
On the principal that if you don’t ask, you don’t get… What about a picture of the back?
Could we have a clearer picture of just the instrument itself please? And what does it say in the little window at the bottom?
Richard
It was probably too long. To be honest, there was far too much in your posting for me to take the time to read. I’d like to hear what you have to say, could you say it in smaller chunks please?
Richard
I thought this would be an eloquent discussion of the eponymous poem 😉
{snip}
Thank you, I was just going to look for that. Lovely, isn’t it
Richard