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Re: Check out the Spitfire PR Mk.IV wreck too....Extinct?

Posted by PeterA on Mon Dec 16, 2002 04:59:09 AM

In reply top Re: Check out the Spitfire PR Mk.IV wreck too....Extinct? posted by Richard Allnutt on Sun Dec 15, 2002 11:10:24 AM

Richard,
The remains are substantial. The majority of it was recovered to Gardermoen about 12 years ago where it was laid out 'model kit fashion' and photographed. I have the photos but currently no scanner until the new year. I poked around the remains in a gloomy shed in 1992. Despite having full data plates, the RAF indentity has eluded us with several false trails of parts 'borrowed' from other aircraft in service. The final move was to drill the firewall plate off this year that revealed the 92(9).It is certainly now in the ownership of a party that will move it in the dirction of flight status. An exciting prospect.
Peter

: Thanks very much for the information Peter. The Mk.IV has
: always been an interesting sub-type to me, and I was unawa
: re that any had survived. How much of BP929 survives? Is s
: he being rebuilt to fly, or for a static piece in a museum
: ? ... are there any photographs around of the remains? I l
: ook forwards to hearing more.
:
: Cheers,
: Richard
:
: : Extinct - not quite. 'BP92(9)' the Russian PR IV wreck f
: ro
: : m Norway is now in Sweden under restoration. The digits
: '9
: : 2' in small character followed by '9' in larger characte
: r
: : were pencilled on the firewall and revealed directly und
: er
: : the data plate. In my view 95% indicative of BP929, one
: o
: : f the known Russian aircraft. Still researching.
: :
: : : This is a really fascinating site, and seems to be wri
: tt
: : en
: : : by the Luftwaffe ace Heinz Knoke. However there is de
: ta
: : il
: : : of a Spit PR Mk.IV shot down over Norway.
: : :
: : : http://www.chez.com/franckruffino/My-Site/Victory_0.ht
: m
: : :
: : : The pilot, F/Lt Alastair D M Gunn, was captured, but s
: ad
: : ly
: : : later executed after the Great Escape. The website de
: ta
: : il
: : : s the combat which caused Gunn to be shot down, and in
: cl
: : ud
: : : es some current pictures of well preserved wreckage, w
: it
: : h
: : : the inferrance that there is quite a bit more... could
: t
: : hi
: : : s lead to the resurrection of an extinct subtype?
: : :
: : : Thanks Tony for the lead on this site, it is really in
: te
: : re
: : : sting indeed.
: : :
: : : Cheers,
: : : Richard

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