Scrapyard Photos; Any More?

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Hi all,

I have spent some time today in the archive of this forum and enjoyed the many threads about scrapyards in the sixties, seventies and eighties. And the photo's posted (by Mark 12 and 682al, to name but a view) showing Spitfire, Typhoon and Lancaster remains are extremely interesting. Also the photo's posted by Cestrian were very intriguing.

Any more where that came from?

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Cees

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Does the 1950's count?

Here is one that puzzled me for a long time.

International Alloys 1959

Any takers?

Mark

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I do hope that this thread stays active as the pics are very interesting.....

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Scrapyard photo's? No Problem

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Does the 1950's count?

Mark,

Yes, they do. Keep them coming.

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Cees

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Perhaps not quite what you wanted, Cees, but this is the results of "a good day down the scrapyard". Circa 1980.... :D

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"Get a grip, will yer?" :)

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Lockheed Neptune

Martin

Martin,

Yes a Lockheed Neptune.

Here are a few more from International Alloys, with apologies if I have already posted any of them previously.

Mark

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Enough to break your heart isn't it :(

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Got any of the Lightnings on the yard nr Bedhampton nr Portsmouth? Wonder what became of those?

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Is that second to last pic a DH Hornet ?

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No, surely a Brigand?

And two shots above it is a Hawker something (Sea Fury?) adjacent to what looks like a Lancaster/Lincoln rear end. The lighter shade of paint on the rear most part is unusual though?

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Now I really want to cry. Talk about a piece of history

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The second photo from the top posted by Mark 12 shows the rear fuselage of a Wellington. The silver finish could point into the direction of a T Mk 10.

682al, nice pics about the spade grips, Hurricane/Typhoon/Tempest?
Keep them coming as anything is interesting. Probably hordes of people are now feverishly trying to contact you to persuade you to sell them. :p

Any pics about turrets in scrapyards?

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The spade grips mostly have the Dunlop pneumatic gun firing buttons and are Typhoon and/or Tempest. You will also see quite a few of the later Spitfire type with the rectangular gun firing control for the Hispano/Browning equipped versions. We found the remains of a Lysander column with one of those attached, too.

I don't get pestered too often these days, I think everyone knows how cantankerous I can be when it comes to parting with stuff. "...find me one I haven't got and I'll think about it!" ;)

Here's my first Frazer Nash FN150 turret (Lancaster mid-upper). This photo was taken after it had been loaned to the Air Gunners Association for a few years. They had done some basic cleaning and installed some (mostly) fake bits to make it look more complete. These are all stripped out and are lying in front of it, so what you see is pretty much the turret that I bought from a Staffordshire scrapyard in 1971 for £5. I don't recall there being any others in the yard but it's a long time ago. There were at least two Lanc undercarriage legs lying next to the turret but they were too heavy to shift!

You're right about the Wellington fuselage and there's also a Lancaster or Lincoln nose lying next to the Tempest, EJ660 - you can see the Wireless Op's position quite clearly.

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International Alloys circa 1959

You would not believe how difficult it was for a teenager to identity the Neptune from available references at the time. :(

I see a couple of Tempest V's there including EJ660 and these would be the remnants of the Target Towing converted aircraft. I see codes 87? and 30.

The Wellington 6754M is formerly NC837.

I suspect a Lincoln rear end by virtue of the multitude of front ends on site.

..and the Brigand. What can you say?

A few more from the same sortie and that is probably the lot.

Mark

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A stack of Sunderland flight deck areas in the last photo, Mark?

They've got those Rebecca aerials that Peter wants, but someone has beaten him to it on the Lincoln nose!