Photos via Dale Howlett, East Kent Scale Modellers
Using the Twitter 'embed' function here's a couple of updates showing the progress on the Kent Battle of Britain museum's He 111 H-16. A 'Casa' in long-term storage at the Duxford IWM before being moved to the Hawkinge Battle of Britain museum overnight on March 14-15, 2020, the volunteers down at Hawkinge have uncovered the Heinkel constructor's plate during over-haul and repainting, indicating that this machine was manufactured during 1943 and possibly saw Luftwaffe service prior to being moved on to Spain and being re-engined. First video shows the control surfaces being operated - elevator, rudder and ailerons - while in the second tweet a view of the bomb aimer's window, opened for the first time in some 50-odd years.
It’s all go at the museum! Here's a short video of all the control surfaces being operated by Ant, from the pilots seat, and by moving the control column and rudder bar pedals. Another huge step forward..— Battle of Britain (@MuseumKent) July 5, 2020
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Progress report! We have managed to get the bomb aimers window to wind up and down after at least fifty years of neglect and are now working on freeing up the Observers seat and upper gunners seat. #thefew #BattleOfBritain80 #heinkel pic.twitter.com/9srMJ00cht— Battle of Britain (@MuseumKent) July 15, 2020