Beside the cockpit and fuselage in Mosquito aircraft museum, and the MKII in Middle Wallop. does any one has information about Horsa parts that were found long after war, being used as shed or something like that Isn't there a fuselage at Pegasus Bridge?
Specifically Horsas, or are other Glider fuselages allowed? Welcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank - Virtual Museum - Glider shed Welcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank - Virtual Museum - Tetrarch & shed There's a thread on here somewhere with pictures & video, possibly from IWM, of Glider airframes being converted into houses.
Hi Philip, there is Miss starkeys glider in Wolheze bought scrap in 1946 ish and lived in in Oxford till,2000, bit about it on my k2 thread page 47, but I have lots more if you need it. YouTube - Horsa Invasion Gliders converted into homes is an interesting clip. regards lofty
Specifically Horsas, or are other Glider fuselages allowed? Welcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank - Virtual Museum - Glider shed Welcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank - Virtual Museum - Tetrarch & shed There's a thread on here somewhere with pictures & video, possibly from IWM, of Glider airframes being converted into houses. Although Horsa only at the moment, for my new booklet, these are welcome anyway
see posts 16 & 17 of this thread. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barracks/14541-gardening-ww2-theme.html Isn't there a fuselage at Pegasus Bridge? http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-battlefields-today/30116-normandy-trip-october-2010-a-2.html post #44.
Hi Philip, there is Miss starkeys glider in Wolheze bought scrap in 1946 ish and lived in in Oxford till,2000, bit about it on my k2 thread page 47, but I have lots more if you need it. YouTube - Horsa Invasion Gliders converted into homes is an interesting clip. regards lofty I will visit Paul, coming weeks for some photo's, but everything is most welcome Lofty
see posts 16 & 17 of this thread. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barracks/14541-gardening-ww2-theme.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-battlefields-today/30116-normandy-trip-october-2010-a-2.html post #44. Indeed thanks Owen
The Pegasus Bridge fuselage section is the one we used, at Shawbury, for measurements before we got the original drawings. Steve W.
Hi All, Talking to someone in the know at Middle Wallop he told me that they did in fact have a full Horsa there and didn't know it... And some more photos of the Glider at Wolfneze... Cheers Tom
Hi Phillip In a very early copy of the Eagle there is a photo of a number of Horsa cockpits being used as Hen coops somewhere in Wiltshire. I wil have a look through my copies at the weekend and see if I can find the photo and post it for you, Cheers
In a very early copy of the Eagle there is a photo of a number of Horsa cockpits being used as Hen coops somewhere in Wiltshire. Sounds good, hope you can find them.
Hi Phillip In a very early copy of the Eagle there is a photo of a number of Horsa cockpits being used as Hen coops somewhere in Wiltshire. I wil have a look through my copies at the weekend and see if I can find the photo and post it for you, Cheers Thanks very much in advance
Phillip As promised here is the photo of Horsa noses being used as Hen Coops. I thought it was in the Eagle but it was actually in a 1948 copy of Pegasus. There is also an article on building Horsa's. Would that be of interest to you? Cheers Arnhem
those were in Gloustershire according to the article, but I do know that one glider at least, was used as a henhouse at Stokke Manor nr Gt Bedwyn Wilts, now long gone of course, that would have been 1950s. quite feasible as its only a couple miles from Ramsbury airfield [101st] and the vast ammo dump of Savernake forest.
The Cobberton Collection museum has a section of Horsa, but i think it might be the mock up used in the film a Bridge too Far?