sea hornets
Hi
My father flew the very last Sea Hornets which were stationed at St Davids in Wales. He was a war time R A F fighter pilot. (Jimmy Stewart) After the war one of his jobs was training Navy pilots on twin engine aircraft conversions.
He was in horror, as flying these aircraft daily at St Davids (and Mosquitos for years in the war) One day they were flying these Sea Hornets aircraft and coming to fly the next day, all the aircraft still in the hangars had their wings chopped off by the Ministry. (they said inter-crystalisation corrosion of the wing spars) and so that was the death and end of the Sea Hornets, not one was saved so to speak. but I think that the remnants must be still there under ground at St Davids?
Regards Ian Stewart