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Re: From another forum - 109 buried in Oldham (not quite Spitfires in Burma!) :)
Hi,
I have pursued some leads via Local Radio, and local history groups, there certainly was 109 displayed in Oldham during the War and it seems that a German aircraft ( probably a 109) did in fact end up in a scrapyard in Shaw -
near Oldham - at the end of the War. A listener to local radio phoned in to recall a friend of his stealing an instrument of some sort from the aircraft while it rotted in the scrapyard sometime in 1945/46. No other information, however is forthcoming.
The landfill noted in the original topic was very extensive and ran for almost a mile from Rochdale Road following a deep valley, with a stream at its bottom, behind the football stadium right down to the site of the roundabout mentioned on Broadway .
The land fill took place in the early 1960's and is now the site of many houses, playing fields and a major roads junction. If indeed the remnants of the 109 did finish up there then that is where they will rest.
Bruce Lander
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