And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Leading Aircraftman R.P. Coulson removes the guns from a Canadian Spitfire which was heavily damaged, near Grave, Holland. March 1945.
If they had another right wing from the same mark spitfire laying about. Then Yeh. The crew might have had her airworthy by mission "GO" the next morning. Most WW2 aircraft were modular and really easy to keep flying if they weren't badly shot up and you had parts.---Ray
wrenched on a spit many years ago. definitely not a modular construction. mostly custom parts, lots of hand fitting to be done. but yes, they would have it ready to go the next day or two and would have had a wing laying about. The RAF has long had a req about not using crashed parts to make another flyable. do not.
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ReplyDeleteIf they had another right wing from the same mark spitfire laying about. Then Yeh. The crew might have had her airworthy by mission "GO" the next morning. Most WW2 aircraft were modular and really easy to keep flying if they weren't badly shot up and you had parts.---Ray
ReplyDeletewrenched on a spit many years ago. definitely not a modular construction. mostly custom parts, lots of hand fitting to be done. but yes, they would have it ready to go the next day or two and would have had a wing laying about. The RAF has long had a req about not using crashed parts to make another flyable. do not.
Deleteon the up side, no fuel in the wings, just guns, ammo and wiring
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