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Re: India as potential rich source
Posted by Ron Henry on Mon Aug 05, 2002 02:40:43 PM
In reply top India as potential rich source posted by Cees on Mon Aug 05, 2002 02:38:13 AM
: Hi all,
:
: We all know that a large amount of airframes have come fro
: m India the past thirty years. Of course the recent Hurric
: ane and the just announced ???? airframe are just an examp
: le of this.
:
: If we look at the Liberator situation, the Indian Air Forc
: e made sure that several airframes survived for preservati
: on. These aircraft came from dumping sites etc left behind
: by the RAF. Have these sites been investigated already? S
: urely there must be more remains lying around there?
:
: Cees
The ex-Indian Liberators ORIGINALLY (ie in late 1940s) came out of ex-RAF dumps, and were then rebuilt by the Indians and returned to service. We only have these Libs now because the IAF kept them IN SERVICE for so long (late 60s?).