It's all about digging!!

[tim]

Just came across this on e-bay -

BATTLE OF BRITAIN - No 1 SQUADRON HURRICANE RELIC Item number: 6573315928 

[tim]

[undercarriage plan]

Tim , you lost me!! Easily done, but what???
Lottie  ;D

[Lily]

Is it a hurricane relic found on an allotment, I wonder! And perhaps they are trying to sell it.

;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

[Derekthefox]

I presume Tim just means digging through ebay ... ?

Perhaps I am wrong. It is how it appears to me ...

Derekthefox :D

[reedos]

Tim fame at last , crikey mentioned in an E-bay lisitng, you'll be on "I'm A Celebrity" next ;D ;D

Below is from an E-bay lisintg

"This is the brass data plate from the Hurricane of 1 Squadron RAF shot down at Manor Farm, Chidham, on 16 August 1940. P/O Tim Elkington baled out. The aircraft burnt fiercely, as evidenced by this rather "singed" brass plate. However, the brass is still shiny and the date 1940 is clearly marked - making this a nice relic of an aeroplane from which very little survived intact
"

[wardy]

Tim   Are you bidding for this ?     You must , you owe it to your family. I hope folks on here realise Tim how famous you are.  There can't be many folks on here who baled out of a smoking air plane in 1940 with the Luftwaffe up their rear end  ;D

[Wicker]

If the seller had any sense of justice then he might feel the right thing to do would be to pass the plate on to Tim in gratitude if he was made aware that is - or am I being naieve?

[tim]

Dear thoughts - but we're well provided for by the archaeological diggers - various bits from 2 digs. I know the seller well.

The control column went to the Tangmere Aviation Museum - a great enterprise -  a must - but was nicked a few years ago.

This - an exhaust valve - was done up & sent to us like this.

Famous? Should you be famous if you were run over by a sports car???

[wardy]

Tim - you're far too modest.  I hope you get the plaque - you deserve it  :)

[spacehopper]

Gosh, I had no idea. 100% respect to you Tim and many thanks for what you did for your country.

[undercarriage plan]

Blimey Tim! Knew you'd flown spitfires in the war, that was courageous in itself.  Didn't realize you had to bail out. OH's jaw still on floor, must go raise it!! Am humbled.
Lottie  ;D

[redimp]

Hurricanes ducky  ;D

[tim]

Actually, Clanger - Lottie's right. Spitfires 1942 - Typhoons 1943.

[redimp]

B???er!!! ;D

Have to agree with Lottie on all the other points as well - whole family in awe of you here in Lincolnshire too Tim.

Being Bomber county it's no surprise I cannot tell the difference between fighters.

[daisymay]

wow Tim! what a hero!  8) 8) :)

[tim]

Well, Clanger - one of our squadron in Russia, in 1941, joined up with a flight of Me109s. Not for long!!

Lincolnshire? Trained at Cranwell, of course!

[daveandtara]

soooooo proud to know you Tim.
D&T

[Lily]

Soo proud too Tim.  The highest bid at the moment is £12.50
with 3 days to go. The highest bidder is in the USA.

Lily

[tim]

Hope he enjoys it!!

If we're looking for people to be proud of, one should be Flight Sergeant Fred Berry, who saved my life by blowing me onto dry land in my 'chute. Killed before I got out of Hospital to thank him. But we've just, this year,  established contact with his relatives. Nice.

As a bit of colour - herewith one of the hundreds of unfired .303 rounds that they dug up!

[tim]

Apologies for so much 'me', but such a coincidence - this morning received a CD of the unveiling of the Monument.

Proof of the pudding??