
Will Gibbs
Conservation Engineer at the Fleet Air Arm Museum (National Museum of the Royal Navy), leading the rebuild of the world's only surviving Fairey Barracuda DP872.
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Aug 4, 2026
Ep.229 - The Barracuda with Dave Morris & Will Gibbs
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18:05Peter JohnsonHOST
Tell us a little bit about how you go about preserving and sifting, for whatever, for want of a better description, through those parts to see what's usable, what's salvageable, and what you can then put into DP872.

Will GibbsGUEST
So you got the, the, the Solent wreck's obviously been in the sea- For, you know, nearly 70 years.

Will GibbsGUEST
Um, and that had been, um, partially buried in, in, uh, uh, thankfully muddy conditions.

Will GibbsGUEST
Um, but had also been encrusted with, with, um, with cr- crustacean-type material.

Will GibbsGUEST
Um, uh, and that had, um, preserved, uh, a lot of the, the metal, uh, components.

Will GibbsGUEST
Um, uh, and, uh, quite a lot of the, uh, aluminum structure from the Solent wreck, um, had, had taken the brunt, uh, o- of the co- corrosion, thus saving the metal parts.
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