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Re: Whirlwind P6966
Posted by TonyD on Sun Mar 31, 2002 02:42:43 PM
In reply top Whirlwind P6966 posted by Mick on Sat Mar 30, 2002 09:23:07 PM
No luck as yet Mick, the chappy I spoke to at WHL has lent them to a Polish book group that does good modelling type books...we shall see.
I have an armoured screen from a Whirlwind (sure I've bored you all with that). The engines from the Stenhousemuir crash still exist. The chap who has them is big on Whirlwinds and has an armoured screen like mine (I pulled three out the hole).
TonyD
: First production Whirlwind, one of 8 in service, but not o
: perational with 263Sqn.
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: Only Whirlwind to go down during the Battle of Britain on
: Wednesday August 7th 1940.
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: Burst a tyre on take-off and UC visibly damaged, advised t
: o bail out.
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: Crashed at Lanton Farm, Stenhousemuir, near Stirling, Scot
: land.
: PO I.M.McDermott baled out slightly injured, circled by a
: Spitfire while coming down to earth (!), aircraft a write
: off.......you don't say !!!???
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: RAF spent two days trying to dig it out of the hole but no
: t much success.
:
: Recovered on October 13th 1979 by Steve Vizard,Terry Parso
: ns,Tony Graves,Andy Saunders,John Ellis and Peter Foote (B
: f109E owner, as was).
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: One Peregrine found with prop blades attached, wing panels
: and cowlings, and engine parts at 8ft deep.
: Fuel tanks,an oil cooler, fire extinguisher and complete U
: C leg with tyre found next.
: Second engine found in superb condition.
: Eventual hole was 25ft deep by 30ft square.
: No word if the ID plate was found, but apparently "all maj
: or components and equipment" were, whatever that means?
:
: Suitable ID for rebuild anybody ??
:
: Tony Dyer was going after the drawings, any luck TonyD ?
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: TaTa
: Mick
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