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Jamie-Southend
15th May 2008, 11:49
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Halcyon Days
16th May 2008, 18:18
Not directly related but may lead someone in the right direction. I recollect a Nordair Constellation CF-NAF or NAD? being shipped back through Harwich in the late 60s following some sort of mishap in Europe.
Possibly the Viscount had some similar sort of incident which was repairable but required shipping back to the UK for some TLC?
A look at accident/incident reports might help narrow it down. Bit of a long shot I know but may help.
DH106
16th May 2008, 22:04
From what I can see of the livery I think it's a Condor (leased from Lufthansa) Viscount 814 in the yellow tail livery they had from around mid 1964 to 1966-67ish.
Trouble is with this is that all of these (four) Condor Viscounts survived to much later on, so for the picture to be one of those then the Viscount must have only temporarily been dismantled - perhaps for shipment to Vickers for repair... ?
Newforest2
17th May 2008, 07:13
If this fuselage was going to Vickers at Weybridge (?), would Felixstowe be the logical port of delivery?
HZ123
17th May 2008, 07:27
There appears to be a lack of a frame within the barge might indicate the hull was on its way for disposal. I would expect to see a visible craddle for the hull to sit on or one attached to the aircraft to lift it off the barge.
Flap40
17th May 2008, 17:01
There seem to be some sort of feet sticking out of the bottom. It would be interesting to know what that banner says.
As for the loading or unloading question.... There is snow on the nose and also on the pier so my money is on loading.
Spent a couple of hours wandering through various Viscount prangs in the 60s and can not find any likely candidates which makes me ask the question. Was the photo taken at Felixstowe in the 1960s?
DH106
22nd May 2008, 16:10
Well, fair point - but we're pretty sure it's one of the 4 Condor/Lufthansa series 814s from what we can see of the livery.
The livery concerned was only used around 1965-1967ish.
But you're right in that there's no details in any accident database I can find detailing an accident/repair on any of these 4.
Also of note is that all 4 Viscounts survived well after this livery was used - implying that that particular Viscount in the picture (for what ever reason it's there on the ship dismantled) must have been reassembled and flown again.
norwich
22nd May 2008, 16:29
I have posted, earlier, on "the other forum" a suggested answer to this ?
Since then a very new colleage at work who has a friend ! whom he said would know ? Well this "friend of a friend" is convinced it is D-ANUR c/n 342, which suffered a heavy landing at Munich in November 1965. and was repaired at Marshalls of Cambridge ????
I know not where he gets the info from but I have also spent far to much time searching for reports etc and drawn a blank.
I assume as there were, possibly, no casualities from this incident it comes under the heading of "non news" and not recorded anywhere.
Let the disccusion continue. Keith Newsome.