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Offline Jeffrey

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Re: Another plane identification Please.
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 15 December 15 14:32 GMT (UK) »
FAHR451 Thank you for all the information in your last post. Can you tell me which  museum you are referring to in your post please.

Just to post information from his RAF official records which may confirm/help.
These are Exams, Course, Engines etc which he worked on or was proficient in.

1941  Pegasus
1941  Ex Reamses (?Remus) F Beds (this entry is very difficult to make out)
1942  C of S Cheetah Engines
1942  Pegasus, Merlin
1943  Pegasus Hercules
1944  Cheetah, Merlin

Any ideas what the second entry for 1941 could be?
Judy
CUMBERLAND  Armstrong Little Nixon Richardson Pearson Watson Braithwaite
WESTMORLAND  Richardson Dent Nicholson Hanson Kersey Smith Heigh
DURHAM Reed Smith Reay Hammond Metcalf Bell
Thompson Armstrong Branford Parkin Heaton Oates
NORTHUMB'LAND Nixon Johnson Armstrong Branford Thompson
DUMFRIES Armstrong Bell Halliday Little Carruthers Johnstone
YORKS Richardson Branford Siddle
ROXBURGH Jackson Elliot Armstrong Scott
FIFE Adamson Gosman Brown
AUSTRALIA Richardson Dent Hanson Kersey

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Re: Another plane identification Please.
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 15 December 15 15:58 GMT (UK) »
Beaufighters were never fitted with the Pegasus engine, prototypes had the Taurus but this was not powerful enough so a change was made to Hercules or Merlin engines.

The aircraft in the photo has to be a Wellington, and I would suggest it is the starboard engine because the portion of wing on the right of the photo is thicker and more rounded than that on the left. Also, there appears to be no sign of a sling or crane holding up the engine so it may well be mounted to the engine bearers.

Michael.
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