de Havilland Vampire F.B. Mk.5 VV602 of No.613 (City of Manchester) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Photographs of the recovered parts
Below is the cleaned up remains of the rear portion of the engine.
This photograph shows the damage to the forward side of the engine.
Two plates were still attached to the engine remains, below are photos if both of them.
The other large item we discovered was this cannon, it has since been declared by the Police to no longer be a firearm due to the damage.
Below is the elevator mass balance that we found, it is a lead weight cast into a steel case.
Below is the plate from the engine starter motor which was made by Rotax.
One of the best small finds was this, the cassette from the cine camera, still containing most of its film.
Few items from the cockpit were located, and those that were had been severely damaged.
Below are photographs of a lever that we found, the largest remaining fragment of the instrument and the plate from the drop tank / stores jettison handle.
