
80
Radar
Days
belly
landing
but
the
aircrafr was a write-off. It was
replaced
by
another
Blenheim
numbered
K7044.
The
numbers
were
disconcert-
ingly close.
In
less
than
24
hours
there
was
an
amusing
sequel
to
this
last
episode.
The
propeller
from
the
K7033 was
never
recovered.
Ir
must
be
lying
at
the
bottom
of
a Suffolk
creek
or
stream
to
this day. But
the
day
after
the
K7034
incident,
an
irate
farmer
showed
up
at
Martlesham
Heath
with a very
bent
propeller
in
the
back
of
his truck.
He
told
a
highly
coloured
story
of
how
he
had
heard
a
whirring
noise
in
the
sky.
He
looked
up
and
saw a
propeller
coming
down
rotating
at
high
speed
. It
then ...