Apology needed – posting before the first coffee of the day is nota good idea! The fuselage I referred to is the a/c that Al Deere collided with – Kiwi II is still a “project”. Yes, they were both well fragmented.

I really should have more coffee in the morning before posting!

Just to set the record straight, the aircraft which has been reconstructed is X4650. This aircraft was being flown by Sgt Howard Squire on 28th Dec 1940 when he collided with Al Deere who was flying X4276.

The remains of both aircraft were excavated over 20 years ago and parts have changed hands over the years.

X4650 now has a new fuselage, which has reached the fitting out stage, whilst X4276 is registered as G-CDGU to A.J.E.Smith but, as far as I know, has not progressed in terms of any reconstruction work.

I hope that sets the record straight.

And the newly reconstructed fuselage of “Kiwi II” was having the final skins attached a couple of weeks ago ready for dispatch to it’s owner …

This aircraft and it’s pilot have been discussed here before:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=50752&highlight=bill+lancaster

Lancaster wrote a diary during his last 8 days using his logbook – it was found with his body.

“There was nothing of use on the airframe for a flyer….frame 8 was brittle….”

…but not it seems frames 12-19, currently flying. 🙂

Mark

So if frames 12-19 are flying in SX336 one wonders just what CC has registered ….. :confused:

Indeed I am thinking there is mileage in an article or thread on Spitfires/Seafires that didn’t quite make it through the 1950’s. I am wondering what was the last Spitfire to be scrapped off worldwide.

No silly nonsense about TB382 please, which will I am sure morph from several thousand pieces back in to a flying Spitfire in the course of time. 🙂

Mark

Syrian Air Force, Homs / Damascus, following Bob Diemert’s visit in 1967 ?

I’ve got a lamp from the navigator’s position in an O/400 – its like a tiny Anglepoise lamp – I put a battery on it a few years ago and the bulb still lit up! Got it from a guy who worked at the factory in Cricklewood.

Friday the 15th of what?

Sorry Steve – it is in fact Friday 15th May, i.e. two days from now!