Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Nice find of a Spitfire cockpit door from RCAF No. 416 sqn Spitfire MkIX ML318. The pilot baled out and survived the war. Only a few parts found.
Spitfire cockpit door
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Remarkable find!
How did you find that it came from that specific Spitfire?
How did you find that it came from that specific Spitfire?
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Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Archive research combined with the eyewitness accounts. The actual dig is only 5% of the whole research.
Cool!
very nice indeed Sander.
might look at ML318 as a model subject for the spare MkIX kit i have !
might look at ML318 as a model subject for the spare MkIX kit i have !
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Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Hi Karl...that would be cool...if you do, looking forward seeing the result. Cheers Sander
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Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Hi Ian,
Yes, some 15 miles east of Arnhem. Attached a link to our website with a short history of the dig.
The recovery of the Spitfire of Patterson in Terborg, crashed on September 26, 1944
Cheers Sander
P.s. we are working on a new website...this one is out of date with some quite bad English. Our webmaster used Google translate
Sander.
Do you know the code letter for ML318 ?
I know 416 sqn used DN codes but a quick search failed to find the individual aircraft code
A4K
Brigadier General
Great find, though looks more like a Hurricane entry door to me!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Sander.
Do you know the code letter for ML318 ?
I know 416 sqn used DN codes but a quick search failed to find the individual aircraft code
Unfortunately, as so often is the case, the Squadron ORB doesn't provide this info. I'll continue to have a look through the books I have.
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Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Regretably we don't know...I will see if we can find something out.Sander.
Do you know the code letter for ML318 ?
I know 416 sqn used DN codes but a quick search failed to find the individual aircraft code
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Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Yes it was...and that aerial....really amazing to see such a delicate part survive a high speed crash.
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Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Well...I managed to find more parts of it which could be re-attached....it really is Spitfire. We don't have any Hurricane crashes in this part of Holland throughout the entire war.
thanks chaps !
if all else fails i could just do it as DN P for Patterson
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Kingscoy
Senior Airman
Hi Karl, found it. Its DN-Tthanks chaps !
if all else fails i could just do it as DN P for Patterson
