Originally Posted by
Shackman
What do you mean 'before the scrappie set to work'. Those are the scrappies at work - have you ever seen a gang of kids allowed free range to play on an aircraft; it probably wouldn't have lasted more than a couple of days (although kids those days could more likely to have got it airborne in the same time scale).
..... and today those kids would have all the parts removed on e-bay before the day is out - listed as being genuine relics from Douglas Bader's D-Day Lancaster!