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From: Andrew Gregory [mailto:ac_gregory@...]
Sent: 22 August 2003 06:37
To: Whitley_project@...
Subject: [Whitley_project] Re: Whitley excavation

Micheal

I am from New Zealand (now residing in London) and I can comfirm for
you that the gate guardian is indeed a Harvard trainer at the RNZAF
museum at Christchurch. Harvards were the primary trainers for
training NZ aircrew from 1942 right up until the late 1970s. Many
flying examples still exist.

The front turret is likely to have come one of the three Sunderland
flying boats that served with the RNZAf during the war in the
Pacific against the Japanese.  One of these is currently under
restoration at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland.
Also there is a Ventura bomber, Oxford, P-40, Avro Lancaster,
Mosquito, Harvards, DC-3 and many more.

I myself have help to find the remains of a P-40 and a "missing"
squadron.

Lastly my interest in the Whitley Project comes from the association
of the New Zealanders who flew with the RAF bomber command.  I had
an old friend who flew as a Radio-Op /Navigator on Wellingtons and
Lancasters from 1942-1944.

I look forward to hearing more about this fantastic project.

Andrew Gregory.
ac_gregory@...

-- In Whitley_project@..., "Michael Coughlan"
<mikecoughlan@e...> wrote:
> Hello Steve,
> Thanks for your reply. I agree with you that war graves should
remain
> untouched where they are as memorials to the service men/women
whose remains
> may still be present. With regard to material from crashes where
there is
> documented evidence that all crewmen survived, I would support a
recovery
> and restoration approach to any such material. With regard to your
story
> about a turret from a whitely that remained untouched on the
mountain I have
> a turret story of my own. I visited New Zealand in 1996 and was
lucky enough
> to visit the aircraft museum in Christchurch. I think there is
what looks
> like a Harvard as a gate guard on display there. The museum had a
front
> turret (minus the .303 machine guns ) on display which came from a
> Sunderland flying boat. I don't know if the Whitley has a front
turret or if
> they are the same type but this information may be of some
interest to
> someone.
> Regards,
> Michael Coughlan.
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