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Re: RAF Museum P-40.. This all depends

Posted by Elliott on Fri Aug 23, 2002 07:38:22 AM

In reply top Re: RAF Museum P-40.. This all depends posted by Paul McMillan on Fri Aug 23, 2002 05:56:13 AM

Hello Guys

The P-40 is at Stafford - in two bits from memory (the wing section and the fuselage), I saw it earlier in the year when I was over there. It looks very impressibe superficially but the rebuilder did a bit of a bodge job - the engine bearer has been made out of welded up square steel tube. I remember seeing some original jungle corrosion on the pilots armour plate which had just been sprayed over by the looks of things.

Still, at least they have a P-40! I'm sure they will get it up to standard one day as it has a lot of potential.




: upon how many RAAF P-40s were recovered from PNG in 1974.
: Ikeep of reading 4, but find references to at least 5. And
: no this is not a dual serial issue..
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: I think Buz Busby or Ausssie Mick are the men who can answ
: er this..
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: This of course would be the second series... P-40 Mysterie
: s....
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: The RAF Museum Aircraft is supposed to be:
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: A29-556 42-106101 dunno where it is....
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: The other 4 are:
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: A29-448 42-104730 Flying in NZ with Darby/Hogan but now fo
: r sale
: A29-405 42-104818 Now suppossed to be with Graham O...
: A29-528 42-105710 Stored Barston CA?? Talichet??
: A29-1210 44-47812 - MAPS
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: This ignores dual serial issue...
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: Of course to complicate this even more, you have to figure
: out where A29-414 which is with Avspecs came from....

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