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I saw that today, the engine was huge.

Loads of stuff recovered


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eh eh?

You mean they have the goodies out of the ground now ?

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i was told today how this plane ended up in the park

65 years ago tomorrow the plane which was a spitfireplane was getting very old and to have a engine change from the standard bentley engine once the engine was fitted the test pilot took it for a test flight over the irish sea from otterspool while flyin the engine was faulty and started rattaling violently and smoking so the pilot decided to ditch the plane and set it to try and crash into the irish sea but unfortunately the wind caught the wing and it crashed into birkenhead park.

the owner of fort perch rock d darroch father wittnesed this plane crash into the park,5 years go his father tryed to get permits and licecences to dig the site up for the remains of the spitfire plane finally last year he got the permits and unfortunately died so his son d. darroch decided to dig this site and this is what he got.

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lmao looks like its nice and intact grin

Some good photo's there fella, what building was that in?

On the new iirc they said they were hoping the engine would be intact, dont look like it is.

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photo 1 the wing
photo 2 the engine
photo 3 the remains of the inside of the fuel tank
photo4 bits
photo5 wing
photo 6 wing
photo 7 what the original engine would of looked like

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i was told when they finally get the part all together this will be on show

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where will they be putting it?

Just noticed from the second lot of photo's thats fort perch rock isnt it?

Will it be going in their museum I take it?

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in the perch rock mate they have all the bits layed out now and when its all finished it will be on display there apparently its all covered in chip fat because its the best thing to use to stop it from rusting

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great pics.

thanks for sharing.

seems they worked fast.

wouldn't mind going to see this.

good job on gettin the info too wink


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lol it probably is, cheaper and stronger version of WD40 lol.

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Great Pictures Kyle,
I did have all intentions of retuning and taking pictures
but got distracted. wink

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just looks like a pile of old junk to me, should of left it 6ft under, what a waste of time effort and resourses.


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