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[musec04]

Currently on ebay a photo of a overturned Airco DH.6 C7843


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204805009...Bk9SR5CCguD2Yw


Regards,


Clint

[musec04]

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a DH.9 immediately post war with,to myself at least,unusual markings


https://www.ebay.com/itm/37569026627...Bk9SR6jsibbLZA



Reagrds,


Clint

[Stig Jarlevik]

Never seen anything like that before Clint

Making some guesses here, I would prefer if the aircraft was D5808.
The inserted W.2. might have something to do with the base, Westward Ho!
Best guess I can come up with there is the similarity between the pronounciation between Ho and Two.
Perhaps some local joke?

Checking the base, it was a very short lived one where 260Sq had just been formed in August
1918 out of 502 (SD) and 503 (SD) Flights. When formed its DH-6s were supplemented with
some DH-9.

The base itself seems to have been abandoned after 19 Feb 1919 since no other units are listed
post that date.

It is unfortunate that nothing is known with regard to the aircraft itself.

Anyone else with a better solution?
Cheers
Stig

[Buckeye30]

Stig. The "W2" has been added to the D-serial as it has been to the DH9 in Duxford Museum ( D5649); this has "W2 5649" in black under the cockpit with normal rudder serial. One of 2 presented to India under the Imperial Gift Scheme and recovered and restored, the other being airworthy E8894. This one hasn't got the W2 added though.
I don't know the significance but both D5808 and D5649 were sub-contracted to Wells Aviation in London from Waring and Gillow.


Regards
Nick

[Stig Jarlevik]

Interesting Nick

How do you know that Wells was the manufacturers of exactly those two aircraft D5808 and D5649.
According to Air Britain's book D5551 - D5850 were contracted to Alliance Aeroplane Co/Waring & Gillow
Ltd who in their turn only sub-contracted 50 to Wells Aviation. None of these 50 are specified.

Since I don't follow museum artifacts any more, the return of two aircraft from India was a surprise.
Incidentally I have at least one more Imperial Gift to India, E8882.

Why was there an Imperial Gift of aircraft to India in the first place? All units in India 1918 were RAF.

Cheers
Stig