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Re: What about the Blackburn Botha?

Posted by Elliott on Wed Aug 07, 2002 07:09:01 AM

In reply top What about the Blackburn Botha? posted by Cees on Wed Aug 07, 2002 02:48:43 AM

Hi Cees

It would be great if someone would tackle a Botha! I visited one of the high ground sites a few months ago when I was visiting a Whitley - there was a big section of what I presumed was tail... The interesting thing was the large amount of stainless steel forgings it carried - I suppose it was well designed to combat corrosion but fell down dramatically in other areas.




: Hi all,
:
: As you probably know by now, I am very interested in the n
: ot so wellknown RAF-types of WWII (the wellknown ones too
: of course).
:
: There was this Blackburn Botha for instance, a twin engine
: d torpedo-bomber that wasn't used operationally and not ve
: ry well liked by its crews but it was there anyway. Not a
: single aircraft has survived, but I have seen photographs
: of large sections of wings lying in remote places in Brita
: in.
:
: Surely that would be a good starting point for a reconstru
: ction similar to the Albacore, Barracuda etc.
:
: What do you think?
:
: Cees

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