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Relics Page 3: Merlin Relics from a Lancaster

     

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Relics Page 2: Seafire MKIII NN618 Relics 

                 Relics Page 3: Merlin Relics from a Lancaster

Relics Page 4: Stirling Relics

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This section contains 100% genuine relics of the great aerial conflict Second World War including the Battle of Britain. We have added this section due to numerous enquires for this sort of personal history. All items will have been legally recovered and supported with authentification. Many parts listed in other sections of the site can be linked to the correct aircraft types. The following pieces listed on these pages are from aircraft crash sites and details of the, Squadron, Pilot ,exact date, combat details, aircraft type, and serial number. In most cases if not already supplied it will be possible for a small fee to receive copies of the Squadron Operational record book and official combat reports which are available from the record office at Kew. We have found that its allot more economical to employ the services of a professional researcher. Its costs around £50 to locate and take copies of original documents. Obviously these are crash relics and will not be in a usable condition, its the history that counts and it is possible for example to build up a collection of a Battle of Britain items from start of the battle until the end . Spitfire Spares does not support the recovery of wreckage from anything classified as a War grave or any recovery not fully compliant with the current legislation. Respect for the Brave aircrew is paramount and we will not offer or purchase any personal items recovered from aircrew killed in action serving their Country.  

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You will receive a certificate which each piece purchased.

Part 1 Supercharger Casing (No.1 Pg 3 Relics)

This is a substantial piece of the supercharger casing from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's. This is a large piece measuring  approximately 450mm by 250 mm.

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£255

Part 4 Crank Case (No.4 Pg 3 Relics)

This is part of the crank case  from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's. This  piece has  wood embedded in it presumably where it made contact with the farm house. You can clearly see where the piston liner attaches.

Measures 250 mm by 250 mm.

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£175

(No.15 Pg 3 Relics)

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  £35

(No.19 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.21 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.23 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.25 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.27 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.29 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.31 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.33 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.34 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.32 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.30 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

Merlin parts from Lancaster JB659

JB 659 was a Mk III Avro Lancaster of 97 Squadron, and in January 1944 was stationed at RAF Bourn.

Mk III Lancaster

At precisely ten past five, on the afternoon of January 30th 1944, JB659 took off from Bourn airfield as part of a mass bombing raid on Berlin.

The Lancaster was fuelled up for a possible 2000 mile round trip, and carried a bomb load of five two-thousand pound bombs, as well as marker flares.

There were seven crew on board:

Pilot Officer Allan Robert Hart, 22, RAAF
WO.II Gordon Ivan Williams, 21, RCAF
Sgt. Leslie Clifton, 24, RAF(VR)
Sgt. Douglas F. Hicks, 24, RAF(VR)
Sgt. Williarn Joseph .Tones, 21, RAF(VR)
F/Sgt. Charles M. Price, 30, RCAF
F/Sgt. . Harold T. Boal, 20, RAAF

You can see details of the recovery on this link Pictures and details of the crew and the operation can be found on this link.Video of the complete story link History of 97 Squadron Link

The Lancaster headed out over the Norfolk coast to rendezvous with aircraft drawn from other airfields in the N. East. The armada then crossed the German coast just south of the border with Denmark before heading south-east to the target area. Several aircraft fell prey to the German air defences on the way out.  JB659 survived and completed her mission. The pilot turned onto a heading to take the Lancaster on the first leg of the journey back to Bourn, a journey which, tragically, was not to be completed.

As the aircraft neared the Dutch coast, a Messerschmitt night-fighter dived out of the night sky and attacked the bomber. The Lancaster stood no chance against the firepower and superior manoeuvrability of the Messerschmitt, and the encounter ended when the cockpit of the Lancaster was blasted away from the fuselage and hurtled down to earth, taking the bodies of the pilot and the bomb aimer with it.

The remainder of the plane, with two of the four engines still running, crashed in flames onto a farmhouse, some five miles south of Amsterdam, killing the farmer and his family.

The bodies of Allan Hart and Gordon Williams were recovered bv the Germans, and buried in the local cemetery at Zwanenburg, where the graves are now cared for by Rosalind Emerson, a Norfolk lady now living in Holland. The bodies of the Dutch family were also recovered and buried at Zwanenburg. The other five members of the crew of JB659 were however buried deep inside the fuselage at the crash site, and had remained so for some 57 years.

Plans were in hand to build a marina, and as the work involved the site of the 1944 crash, a Royal Dutch Airforce Salvage Team was called to excavate the wreckage and recover the remains of the five airmen.After consultations with known relatives, it was decided to bury the five crewmen in a shared grave next to their comrades in the cemetery at Zwanenburg.

The following parts are from  JB659's Packard Merlin 28's.

After the recovery packs of pieces of wreckage from Lancaster JB659 shot down over Holland were sold off the to raise funds to allow for an appropriate display of the wreckage of JB-659. I  did not buy these parts directly from the original source but they were supplied to me from a trusted contact who purchased them directly from the original source.

Part 2 inlet tube (pg1 relics)

This is a piece of the inlet tube from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's which sits on top of the engine and carry's fuel mix from the supercharger to the inlet manifold. The tubing on the top connects to the K Gass pumps for cold starting.

This piece measures  approximately 300 mm by 140 mm.

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£175

Part 3 Crank Case (No.3 Pg 3 Relics)

This is part of the lower crank case and you can clearly see where the piston liner attaches and the engine mount.

This piece measures  approximately 360 mm by 300 mm.

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£175

(No.5 Pg 3 Relics)

This is a piece of the inlet tube from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's which sits on top of the engine and carry's fuel mix from the supercharger to the inlet manifold.

Measures 300 mm by160 mm.

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£55

(No.11 Pg 3 Relics)

This part is a piece from the crankcase you can see where the big end shell used to attach from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's .

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£45

(No.14 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.16 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.18 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.20 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.22 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.24 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.26 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

(No.28 Pg 3 Relics)

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£35

 

 

                                                                                                            


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