Originally Posted by
megan
When a staff officer to the boss received a request from a Hong Kong organisation who were looking for a Griffon in their restoration of a Spitfire, asking around among the old crusty CPO's was told some had been disposed of in the rubbish tip on scrapping of the Firefly's. Far too deep down to generate any interest.
When the Nimrods replaced the Shacks at SM there would have been lots of stuff around that nobody had any further use for.
Some years later a Firefly project popped up at St Merryn, and the owner was offered a crated Griffon which had been 'found' at SM, and needed to be disposed of !!!