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

Posted by Philip Bradle on Fri Aug 23, 2002 07:53:24 AM

In reply top Re: RAF Museum P-40.. This all depends posted by Elliott on Fri Aug 23, 2002 07:38:22 AM

I believe the Beaufort and the P-40 were "rebuilt" by someone near to Dallas. Isn't this the same person who built the USAAF Museum Hurricane that Hawker Restorations have just rebuilt?

: Hello Guys
:
: The P-40 is at Stafford - in two bits from memory (the win
: g section and the fuselage), I saw it earlier in the year
: when I was over there. It looks very impressibe superfici
: ally but the rebuilder did a bit of a bodge job - the engi
: ne 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 t
: he 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.
:
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: : upon how many RAAF P-40s were recovered from PNG in 1974
: .
: : Ikeep of reading 4, but find references to at least 5. A
: nd
: : no this is not a dual serial issue..
: :
: : I think Buz Busby or Ausssie Mick are the men who can an
: sw
: : er this..
: :
: : This of course would be the second series... P-40 Myster
: ie
: : s....
: :
: : The RAF Museum Aircraft is supposed to be:
: :
: : A29-556 42-106101 dunno where it is....
: :
: : The other 4 are:
: :
: : 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
: :
: : This ignores dual serial issue...
: :
: : Of course to complicate this even more, you have to figu
: re
: : out where A29-414 which is with Avspecs came from....

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