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Re: Photographs of Spitfire MV-459 's remains from Ambala
Posted by Bruce Gordon on Sun Feb 23, 2003 03:26:24 AM
In reply top Photographs of Spitfire MV-459 's remains from Ambala posted by Jagan on Sat Feb 22, 2003 02:06:12 AM
Hello Jagan
Incredible pictures. The aircraft is as good if not better than many airframes that have been done to date.
The supercharger is, indeed an engine thermostat, buried in the wing root, port or stbd sides. The oil cooler panel is one of the under wing fairings fom immediately aft of the D-fillets, and actually covers the thermostat!
Looking at the cockpit pictures, it looks like useful parts were stripped out in 1947, such as undercarriage selector and throttle parts, and I would guess that soemone souvenired the control column top, as it looks to have been sawn off.
Very very interesting - and a remarkable discovery!
All the best
Bruce