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Re: Spitfire TB287
Posted by PeterA on Sat May 04, 2002 03:03:58 PM
In reply top Re: Spitfire TB287 posted by simon king on Sat May 04, 2002 07:22:16 AM
: This is one of two Spit XVIs which were on the scrap heap
: at 71 MU Bicester in the early 1960s. parts of one were in
: corporated into NH238 but rumours have persisted that one
: or two of these aircraft were salted away, although not in
: service hands...........
: another mystery - they might appear one day - perhaps Mr S
: pitfire knows!
:
: sk
Last photos on my file show it looking pretty sorry for itself on the scrap heap at 71MU Bicester in 1962.Large chunks of this and its partner TB308 were reported on a 'Scrapper's Truck' in a North Bucks village (Not Newport Pagnell!). If asked if it might re-appear I would say that it would not surprise me, although I know nothing specific.
PRA