I was under the impression that it operates with an original Argus..

Oh believe me I know and understand 🙂
I have known of this aircraft and its location for a long long time. I did make enquiries to the (then?) landowner many many moons ago but he flatly refused anyone to dig it. The saddest thing is I drove past as you were digging and knew that whoever it was was after the Hurricane, but being at work and in a very large vehicle I could not stop !

Am always interested in Hunsdon based aircraft, If you ever do another one drop me a PM!!

The Fairey Battle, I would nip back quietly and replace them all with something a bit more capable performance wise, maybe Boston /Havocs. then re-run the ill fated Maastricht raids…

I did have the pleasure of meeting and talking with Ted Sismore back in 2008 during filming at Hunsdon for a Canadian documentary. He was an extremely affable and informative man. I’m sure his passing was mentioned on the forum before.

A good question, or is it a result of the soil conditions at the location causing a yellow appearance.

Now I do know for a fact that in a barn very near to Hunsdon airfield there are Wellington and Typhoon undercarriage legs. They were bought in post war to be used by a plant hire company as dampeners for graders and earthmoving equipment. The plant company Tylers operated from Nuthampstead, could this be a bit of modified kit and given a coat of Caterpillar® yellow??

Cheers for the update!