Hello Simon,

Thanks for your message. Sorry I didn't reply earlier, I was away in
Newcastle -u- t for the week. I see Bill has been looking after you
though!

Whilst I was 'up North' I dropped in the North East Aircraft Museum
in Sunderland. It's a nice museum, quite a few interesting aircraft
and I'm pleased to see that most are under cover. There are some
exellent restoration projects under way, too.

Whitley wise they have done a recovery and have a small display of
bits recovered from a crash site at Bellingham, west of Newcastle.
Nothing very big or useful to a rebuild, just a few odd items, but I
will post the pictures in the photos section. Maybe at the weekend.

As far as the history of the Whitley is concerned, I think it might
be useful to post some information in the files section, I may do
that at the weekend, too.

What did your airman at the Tattoo have to say about the Whitley?

Best wishes,

Steve Reynolds.




- In Whitley_project@y..., "lion_in_winter_uk" <simon.drew@v...>
wrote:
> I would just like to wish you all good luck in your project. I live
> in Whitley in Coventry about 300 yards from the current Jaguar
> Engineering plant, which is where I believe the original Whitley
> factory was situated. From the point when I saw the wreckage at the
> Baginton air museum I have been intrigued by the history of this
> plane and the history of my local area.
> I was at the Royal Air Tattoo at the weekend helping with the RAF
> Benevolent fund, greeting and looking after air veterans. There I
met
> an airman who had flown Whitley Bombers, and others who had fond
> memories of Bagington at that time. The whole day was very
enjoyable.
> So again good luck with your endeavours and I shall follow your
> progress keenly.
> All the best
> Simon Drew