It took me a long time to get to this museum in fact decades. I always meant to go – just my trips south never quite worked for a visit. Then in 2023 it happened. The visit is well worth it.
And then it’s taken 2 years to get round to this post. And that has only happened because Jeff – one inch high guy –
https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com
Posted about an out of print book and mentioned rockets and biplanes. I promised to dig out the info he wanted. Well I did have the photo but not the info boards.
Wikipedia has a site on Le Prieur rockets though
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Prieur_rocket
The swordfish had such a stable and durable airframe compared to later monoplanes that it was rocket armed in the Indian Ocean battles with the Japanese plus a fighter escort of seafires. The Swordfish was the only biplane to be in action in 1939 and also still in frontline action in 1945!
https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/BATTLER.htm
Well it seems I did not record many info boards so have fun naming the blanks or correcting my entries.
Next up California dreaming….
The Wargaming Erratic 