Corsair KD431: Preserving The Time Capsule Fighter Revisited
In 2000, the Fleet Air Arm Museum conservation team embarked on an ambitious project to explore what remained of any original paintwork and markings on its Second World War Corsair fighter aircraft. The painstaking, inch-by-inch removal of a 1960s paint layer from the whole aircraft slowly revealed that the entire aircraft remained authentic and original in its 1940s wartime condition. The detailed forensic approach allowed the valuable and many unique details to be studied and preserved, enabling the team to chart the aircraft’s history from factory to end of Royal Navy service.Thanks to new research, this updated edition of Corsair KD431 contains new images and findings concerning the story of how Lt Cdr Godfrey Woodbine-Parish returned from Ceylon in the Second World War, and also the use of Brewster Aircraft components on Goodyear factory-built aircraft.
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Corsair KD431: Preserving The Time Capsule Fighter Revisited
In 2000, the Fleet Air Arm Museum conservation team embarked on an ambitious project to explore what remained of any original paintwork and markings on its Second World War Corsair fighter aircraft. The painstaking, inch-by-inch removal of a 1960s paint layer from the whole aircraft slowly revealed that the entire aircraft remained authentic and original in its 1940s wartime condition. The detailed forensic approach allowed the valuable and many unique details to be studied and preserved, enabling the team to chart the aircraft’s history from factory to end of Royal Navy service.Thanks to new research, this updated edition of Corsair KD431 contains new images and findings concerning the story of how Lt Cdr Godfrey Woodbine-Parish returned from Ceylon in the Second World War, and also the use of Brewster Aircraft components on Goodyear factory-built aircraft.
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Corsair KD431: Preserving The Time Capsule Fighter Revisited

Corsair KD431: Preserving The Time Capsule Fighter Revisited

by David Morris
Corsair KD431: Preserving The Time Capsule Fighter Revisited

Corsair KD431: Preserving The Time Capsule Fighter Revisited

by David Morris

Overview

In 2000, the Fleet Air Arm Museum conservation team embarked on an ambitious project to explore what remained of any original paintwork and markings on its Second World War Corsair fighter aircraft. The painstaking, inch-by-inch removal of a 1960s paint layer from the whole aircraft slowly revealed that the entire aircraft remained authentic and original in its 1940s wartime condition. The detailed forensic approach allowed the valuable and many unique details to be studied and preserved, enabling the team to chart the aircraft’s history from factory to end of Royal Navy service.Thanks to new research, this updated edition of Corsair KD431 contains new images and findings concerning the story of how Lt Cdr Godfrey Woodbine-Parish returned from Ceylon in the Second World War, and also the use of Brewster Aircraft components on Goodyear factory-built aircraft.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750990417
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 08/19/2019
Edition description: Second Edition,New edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 7.64(w) x 10.35(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

DAVID MORRIS is Curator of Aircraft at the world-famous Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. David joined the museum as an apprentice engineer in 1981 and went on to head the Aircraft Conservation department as Curator of Aircraft. He has led many conservation, restoration and exhibition projects at the museum, many of which have been highlighted in the media. Living in Somserset, David has written a number of books reflecting his varied interests.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Preface ix

Introduction xi

1 The 'Ensign Eliminator' 1

2 Corsairs in the Fleet Air Arm 12

3 Flight from Ceylon 17

4 The Great Challenge 23

5 Step by Step 30

6 Corsair Pilots Speak 169

Postscript 190

Appendices

I Corsair Technical Data 192

II Corsair KD431 - A Diary of Known Dates and Movements 194

III Corsair Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm 196

IV Some of the Restoration Techniques used on KD431 198

V Surviving Corsairs 200

VI Godfrey Woodbine-Parish-A Last Hoorah? 202

VIII Corsair KD431 - The Brewster Connection 206

Bibliography 209

Index 205

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