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Re: Seeking info on Westland Whirlwind P6994
Posted by Colin S on Tue May 20, 2003 02:37:11 AM
In reply top Seeking info on Westland Whirlwind P6994 posted by Jim on Mon May 19, 2003 09:53:59 PM
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From: Mark Schynert (mass22@earthlink.net)
Subject: Re: Westland Whirlwind
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Date: 1998/09/03
"DAVID EVAR"
>Looking for a plastic kit, old or new for the Westland F37/35 Whirlwind.
>(the WWII twin engine fixed wing version)
>Also, any info on P6994, of 263 squadron, shipped to the U.S. in June 1942.
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As others have said, Airfix (also Bilek recently--might be the same
mold) and Cooper Details. Airfix did an earlier take also, which you
can sometimes find bagged, but stay far away from it--although the
latter rendition has faults, including too-small engine nacelles, the
earlier version is hideous.
P6994 evidently met its demise at or near the naval air station at
Pensacola, FL, between July and December of 1944, at which time the
fuselage and tail were seen in the scrapyard by a Mr. H. S. Fyfield.
(letter, Air International V.12, p.149 (March, 1977))
Mark Schynert
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: I noticed the following message on another forum about a U
: S-bound Whirlwind. Anyone have any info on this to share?
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: A Westland Whirlwind Fighter (P6994) was shipped to the US
: A on 5.6.42
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: The USAAF tested it until mid-late 1944 when it was passed
: on to the USN.
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: The USN was said to have conducted testing up until the ta
: ilwheel blew, but with no replacements available, it was p
: arked in a hangar and forgotten (USN appears never to have
: officially taken it on their books, so when the USAAF wro
: te it of theirs, it vanished from the system.
:
: It was allegedly seen in the NAS Pensacola scrapyard post-
: war.
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: Any info, pictures etc. concerning this a/c gratefully rec
: eived.
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: I posted this on a number of message boards with no respon
: se
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: I have since been informed that the NAS Pensacola scrapyar
: d no longer exists. The "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB in
: AZ is the only place now and I doubt they bothered to tow
: planes from other yards to DM when they consolidated.
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: As a last hope I was wondering if someone who lives near P
: ensacola, has either a friend or relative who worked at th
: e site and could remember seeing it, or has some evidence
: of its existence. I know the chances of this are slim?But
: you never know, until you ask?
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