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31 May 2011 07:36 #51
by PETERTHEEATER
To me it is a nose plug from a 250 or 500 pound GP (General Purpose) bomb which would be in keeping with those carried by Fighter Bomber aircraft at '
an airfield near you '
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31 May 2011 21:04 #52
by Denis
Thank you for the confirmation
and the very informative diagram Peter. You just never know what will turn up next...
at an airfield somewhere in Britain Now to find a transit base!
Once again, many thanks!
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05 Jun 2011 11:37 #53
by P Bellamy
A few of them visible in this photo Denis...
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All the best,
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05 Jun 2011 11:51 #54
by carnaby
I think we need a balloon from her mouth saying,
'I'll just give this one more turn!'
Great picture.
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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05 Jun 2011 16:13 #55
by Denis
Thats the image I remember them from Paul, well done!
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05 Jun 2011 18:50 #56
by Peter Kirk
Theme from Alien springs to mind.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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06 Jun 2011 09:05 #57
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Sigh...just look at that transit base...woman? What woman?
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07 Jun 2011 14:53 #58
by Jerry
Jakob found this fuel trap in a field near Spanhoe:
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07 Jun 2011 15:20 #59
by P Bellamy
Very nice, and fitted to a variety of RAF aircraft, mainly Merlin-engined types.
AM Stores Code 6A/715 I believe.
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07 Jun 2011 15:54 #60
by Jerry
Also to Packard V-1650 based on the Merlin engine and built in the US for P51 Mustangs.
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