Thread: Fairey Battle

I think I've discovered why AR may not have seen the Battle at Hendon recently. She wasn't there! According to a news piece in Flightpath Vol 20, No 3, she was initially restored with little or no budget but in Feb 06 was removed to the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society's workshop at Rochester Airport for a rebuild back to her original condition when she was with 98 Sqn in Iceland.

Apparently, she was on display at Hendon in the BC Hall for 20 years!

A couple of points of interest - she now wears no codes as 98 Sqn didn't wear these till the spring of 1941 (she crashed Sept 13, 1940). Also, she has an additional rearward firing gun mounted under the fuselage which was accessed by the bomb aimer reaching down into the slipstream to fire. That'll certainly be an interesting modification to see.

However, you still can't see her at Hendon as she's since been moved to Cosford!