What does David Arnold have in storage at Greenham Commons?

Yak 11 Fan · **Posted:** Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:07 pm

From memory I think David Arnold still has the following in storage:

Seafire III
Spitfire IX
P51D - Mary Mine
Mystery Ship
SE5A
P40
P38
Grumman Duck (possibly)

There could well be more but these are the ones that spring to mind right now.

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:49 pm

Duck?? What Duck?

Sopwith · **Joined:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:49 pm **Posts:** 548

Which Mystery ship and Seafire are these please?

Zac Yates · **Posted:** Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:02 am

The only Seafire candidate in Goodall looks like PP972/G-BUAR, although I think it changed hands in 2012.

The Duck may be BuNo1649/N63850, although again that moved on from Arnold in 1998

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

The Seafire III has not changed hands. In order to interpret the CAA register correctly, you need to understand the difference between 'Owned' and 'Chartered'

The Mystery Ship is the one that was once owned by Pancho Barnes

FuryFB11 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:33 am **Posts:** 90

The Seafire (along with the SE5e) moved to a private airstrip in Oxfordshire earlier this year. The Seafire is currently for sale

https://www.historicandclassicaircrafts ... /seafire-3

Yak 11 Fan · **Posted:** Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:36 pm

Dan Jones wrote:

Duck?? What Duck?

I was thinking the Duck which was restored and had an accident in Alaska Bu32769 N8563F. This Duck is/was registered to Skyfire Corp who also have Mary Mine registered to them. Hence my speculation that this is one of David Arnold's aircraft.

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

Chris (Yak11 Fan) has already listed the aircraft he is thought to have.

Mary Mine is the ex-361st FG P-51D originally flown by George Vanden Heuvel.

Zac Yates · **Posted:** Sun Dec 08, 2019 1:06 am

Mike wrote:

The Seafire III has not changed hands. In order to interpret the CAA register correctly, you need to understand the difference between 'Owned' and 'Chartered'

Thanks Mike, much appreciated.

Jack · **Joined:** Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:34 pm **Posts:** 45

Yak 11 Fan wrote:

Dan Jones wrote:

Duck?? What Duck?

I was thinking the Duck which was restored and had an accident in Alaska Bu32769 N8563F. This Duck is/was registered to Skyfire Corp who also have Mary Mine registered to them. Hence my speculation that this is one of David Arnold's aircraft.

Correct. The Duck is in Apopka, Fl and Mary Mine was shipped back to the UK Dec. 2016

florida.warbirds · **Joined:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:25 am **Posts:** 158

Jack wrote:

Yak 11 Fan wrote:

Dan Jones wrote:

Duck?? What Duck?

I was thinking the Duck which was restored and had an accident in Alaska Bu32769 N8563F. This Duck is/was registered to Skyfire Corp who also have Mary Mine registered to them. Hence my speculation that this is one of David Arnold's aircraft.

Correct. The Duck is in Apopka, Fl and Mary Mine was shipped back to the UK Dec. 2016

Anyone have a N number for this Duck in Apopka. It is the city next to mine and I would like to find it.

C VEICH · **Joined:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm **Posts:** 1471

Did Arnold have a second P-38 that I am unaware of? The machine that he operated in the UK for a brief period of time is the one that was purchased by Evergreen and is now owned by the Collings Foundation. Is this the machine in question or is there another?

Yak 11 Fan · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:52 pm

The other P38 is P38H 42-66841 which was the aircraft previously restored to static condition by Classic Jets Fighter Museum in Australia.

old iron · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2020 9:33 pm

The Mystery Ship is the one that belonged to "Pancho" Barnes (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Barnes)

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