SPITFIRE i/d
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SPITFIRE i/d
HiWhen I was younger (good memory then) I saw a Spitfire Aircraft displayed on the roof of a garage in HOYLAKE. Later I saw this a/c displayed on the Forecourt of the same garage. Does anyone remember WHICH a/c it was and WHAT happened to it .
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Except that there was more than one aircraft at Bunny Brookes.
Anyone got a "Wrecks and Relics" prior to Edition 3? In that volume it simply states "The Spitfires have departed from the forecourt." This just left Auster AOP9 XN437 on location.
Anyone got a "Wrecks and Relics" prior to Edition 3? In that volume it simply states "The Spitfires have departed from the forecourt." This just left Auster AOP9 XN437 on location.
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THANK YOU BOTH for the info. If it was 904 then I went in her at ELSTREE when she was being re-built by Spencer Flak and I did not realise it was the Spit from the Garage (Funny Old World)
THANK YOU BOTH for the info. If it was 904 then I went in her at ELSTREE when she was being re-built by Spencer Flak and I did not realise it was the Spit from the Garage (Funny Old World)
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I remember this Spitfire on the roof of the scrapdealer in Ostend. When my parents drove to Ostend for a day at sea, it was my highlight of the trip, looking from the back seat of the car, I knew exactly where it was. Years later, it was gone...
Now about 40 years later it resurfaces in this thread, but there is more...
Next to my hangar is an aircraft maintenance shop, specialized in oldtimer aircraft. It is run by a man I estimated to be about sixty years old. Saturday I spend the day with him since we flew to Fairoaks to do a prebuy inspection on an aircraft.
He mentioned that he used to work on Spitfires and Mosquitos in the Belgian Air Force at Koksijde airbase starting in 1951. When I mentioned the old Spit on the roof of the scrapdealer, he knew immediately which one it was, he had serviced it for 5 years before the scrapdealer bought it.
When it was collected, he showed the man how to remove the wings from the fuselage, but the scrapdealer had no time to spare and he used a big axe to cut off the wings.
I am very glad the Spit is flying again, and to know a little bit more of its history.
Now about 40 years later it resurfaces in this thread, but there is more...
Next to my hangar is an aircraft maintenance shop, specialized in oldtimer aircraft. It is run by a man I estimated to be about sixty years old. Saturday I spend the day with him since we flew to Fairoaks to do a prebuy inspection on an aircraft.
He mentioned that he used to work on Spitfires and Mosquitos in the Belgian Air Force at Koksijde airbase starting in 1951. When I mentioned the old Spit on the roof of the scrapdealer, he knew immediately which one it was, he had serviced it for 5 years before the scrapdealer bought it.
When it was collected, he showed the man how to remove the wings from the fuselage, but the scrapdealer had no time to spare and he used a big axe to cut off the wings.
I am very glad the Spit is flying again, and to know a little bit more of its history.
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thanks guys for the info.all i net now is to identify the pilot and as it was air to air the photo aircraft.
by the way the photo was taken about August 1942
by the way the photo was taken about August 1942
