In the II(AC) Squadron history book, there is a reference to one of the squadrons Lysanders downing a JU87, this when they were operating in France in 1940. In fact several of their Lysanders had brushes with 109’s ect and lived to fly another day.

Is the aircraft painted in the markings of 604 (County Of Middlesex) Squadron?

You know what I would like… to link all the OS Refs to Google Earth…

Somebody has, well sort of,Virtual Earth in fact. And a very good job they made of it as well:)
http://content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/

Just a small point, only two night runs this year according to The owners Chaps, one in March and one in November.

You are right DaveF68, no reservoirs at Eshott. What I thought were reservoirs are in fact woods. The problem is that did jagrigger mistake those woods for reservoirs:eek:
I have been up and down the country from Norwich to Aberdeen, and cannot find a better match than Eshott….. at the moment:p

Just as a matter of interest, what was Mr Grey’s first ‘Warbird’?

I believe the Hermann was the 1000Kg, and the Satan was the 1800Kg.
I think I am right in saying they also had a 2000Kg and 2500KG weapon as well.
Cannot think what aircraft would have carried those latter two though.

When a bomb is made it is lined with Cobbold Wax, after a long period of time, either in storage, or buried underground, the component materials of the explosive, be it TNT, Amatol, Torpex, break down.
This forms a gas that breaks through the blanking plug. This reaction is called extrusion of the lining.This forces gas and the chemical component out of the fuse recess (between the threads and the fuse), exhuding the explosive component out in crystal form. Depending on the explosive, this can be either Lead Azhide or Fulminate of Mercury.
Bombs in this state are extremely dangerous and are more liable to be detonated by sharp movement or knocks.
I have been involved in the finding of a 1000Kg Luftwaffe bomb in this very state. It took three days to make safe, it was twenty yards from a main railway line, and fifteen feet from a 6 foot diameter gas main, it could NOT be left in situation. The location was a Marsh in Essex, not a housing area:eek: