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Just for the record, that ship was the "Ordzhonikidze". Cheers !Hi Mallyb2, At the back of my mind I think the 'Buster Crabb' incident was mentioned in the book 'Spy Catcher'.
I think the MOD or whatever it was called then, was interested in the hull of the cruiser 'Sverdolovsk' which brought Bulganin and Kruschev to Britain.
Crabbe went down to check it out and was found washed up and decapitated some time later.
Unfortunately, so it goes.
ladywood
Thank you martynemh.Hi Stitcher, I think its Birmingham Alabama...
Nice pic though.
Thanks for the information ... your link would not work for me, I had to get it fromNew member. Interested in local history and surprised at how many of my searches call up BH Forum articles and photographs. Lots of interesting articles. Often felt on the outside looking in as there are many articles I have wanted to comment on. Consequently I took the step to join.
Re Birmingham Airport
The Hansard article below may be of interest – it concerns a claim for compensation due to a Seafire aircraft crashing on land belonging to Castle hill Farm, Jan 1946. I’ve been meaning to pass it on to an old school friend as his grandparents were tenant farmers at Castle Hill farm - which we used to visit back in the 60’s.
It’s a lengthy piece but interesting as the claimant has difficulty establishing who is responsible for damages / compensation i.e. the RAF or The Admiralty. It also references the decommissioning of the airport, which seems to have been shortly after the crash occurred.
https://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1946/jul/17/crashed-aircraft-damage-bickenhill-claimn
If I remember correctly that signpost was just outside the airport entrance.
Yes thats rightIf I remember correctly that signpost was just outside the airport entrance.