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Re: Ex Failsworth Fireflies
Posted by TonyD on Tue Mar 26, 2002 04:06:04 PM
In reply top Ex Failsworth Fireflies posted by Mick on Sat Mar 23, 2002 03:06:09 PM
Mick
fourth time attempting to reply!
Colin's was the Firefly that was in Manchester, I understand that it is still for sale together with substantial parts to make this an excellent project at a cheap price.
Fleetlands Museum has closed down. I should be seeing the old curator at Popham on 6th May so will ask him, If I remember. Many regards
TonyD
: Seven Firefly front cockpit fuselage sections complete wit
: h Griffons and cowlings were taken to another scrapyard at
: Salford, Manchester after the closure of Failsworth in 19
: 81.
:
: They were VT376, VT378, VT409, VT475, WB298, WD918, plus o
: ne other unidentified.
:
: They were put up for auction and a US powerboat concern ap
: parently bought most of them for the Griffons, and at leas
: t one complete cockpit section was bought by the CWH in Ca
: nada. Some Griffons and Merlins (from Balliols)were said t
: o have gone to British collectors as well.
:
: Anyone know what went where, and where they are now, espec
: ially the cockpits from the ones that had their Griffons t
: aken to the USA ?
:
: I know that NEAM at Sunderland have the front end of WD889
: and the rear end of VT409, and that WB440 was on display
: at Manchester for some time, is it still there ?
: And is WB440 the same one that Colin Waterworth had up for
: sale recently, and has it sold yet, or does he have anoth
: er one ?
: Also is WB440 the unidentified seventh cockpit section fro
: m Salford ?
:
: It would be sad to think that all those cockpits were even
: tually scrapped after the Griffons were taken for bloody p
: owerboats.
:
: Mick