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Re: Fairey Battles
Posted by Ron Henry on Wed Jun 26, 2002 01:30:34 PM
In reply top Re: Fairey Battles posted by Steve Tournay on Tue Jun 25, 2002 06:10:49 PM
: Alastair--
:
: I think this is the same Battle that was stored for a ti
: me at Duxford in early-war day bomber camo (coded HA:L)...
: I saw that one tucked away in one of the old Duxford hanga
: rs during a visit in April 1989. Vaguely I recall hearing
: that it had gone to a collector in Belgium, but I'm more t
: han a bit uncertain about that. I'm curious about this one
: too--anybody out there have anything newer on it? (And, B
: TW, just how many Battles are known to remain? When I firs
: t got into Warbirds in the seventies the T.I gunnery train
: er at Ottawa was thought to be the only survivor; several
: more seem to have turned up, in whole or in part, more rec
: ently.)
:
: Steve
I wish that some rich enthusiast would do the decent thing and restore a Battle to flying condition. Not because I think it's a great aircraft (it looks OKish but it was a dumb concept and, operationally, it was a bit of a farce) but because quite a few brave guys were sent to war in them and got slaughtered.