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Re: Pathfinder Mosquito Mk.IV dig...
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:27:59 PM
In reply top Re: Pathfinder Mosquito Mk.IV dig... posted by Elliott on Mon Apr 14, 2003 07:46:48 AM
Thanks very much for the news Elliott, it's great to hear that things are progressing. I know how even the smallest things can be big leaps. I have been working on an A-24/SBD restoration in Fredericksburg, and we have just got the jigs coming together for the fuselage, so that's a pretty exciting step too. Too bad there isn't more information on the Mossie. A pretty significant dig in the UK, and no information that I can tell. Good luck on the Whitley though, and keep us informed if there is any way we can help out.
Cheers,
Richard
: Hi Richard
:
: I'm afriad I don't know about your Mossie, but I can post
: some new Whitley pics in the next couple of days. I've be
: en folding hex tube lately - with a vice as still no brake
: :(
:
: Still, the results are really good :)
:
: I'll put something together for flypast & aeroplane when i
: reassemble our first rib.
:
: Thanks for asking
:
: Elliott
:
:
: : Since the board has gone unusually quiet, I thought I wo
: ul
: : d ask about the wreckage of a Mk.IV Mosquito which was d
: ug
: : up by an RAF team towards the end of last year near Hun
: ti
: : ngdon, Cambridgeshire. An old RAF friend told me about h
: av
: : ing been involved with it, but since he's a bit busy rig
: ht
: : now, I wondered if anyone else had any information. App
: ar
: : ently it was a Pathfinder force Mk.IV mosquito, and subs
: ta
: : ntial remains were recovered from a drainage ditch for t
: he
: : Pathfinder museum. The remains included engines, props
: ma
: : in wheels, and tail gear, plus lots of other ancillaries
: ..
: : .. anyone know more about this, or for that matter the P
: at
: : hfinder museum?
: :
: : Also, Elliot, any chance of an update on what's happenin
: g
: : with the Whitley project, pictures etc? Love to hear wha
: t'
: : s going on on your very worthwhile project.
: :
: : Cheers for now. Richard