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Re: Spitfire PR IV Wreckage at Bodo

Posted by PeterA on Thu Sep 05, 2002 12:02:16 PM

In reply top Re: Spitfire PR IV Wreckage at Bodo posted by ErikH on Thu Sep 05, 2002 11:38:15 AM

I have always suspected there was an element of politics surrounding the wreckage of this machine. Perhaps it is part of the Gardomoen/Bodo saga. There was reluctance to actually show me the aircraft on a specific and agreed visit to do just that at Gardomoen and but for the intervention of Anders Saether, visiting on the day in his B26, it would not have happened.
It is in good hands in Sweden.

: : BP889 was the intial assumption from our Norwegian frien
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: : who supplied the recovery photos. This was soon rejecte
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: : due to the location of the crash and the grave of 'Sleep
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: : Walker.
: : Some of the wing detachable panels reveal 139 and 148, n
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: : ther of which tie in with a PR IV to Russia. Then there
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: : s the serial on the mirror.
: : The aircraft is now in Sweden, by the way, and potential
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: : a rebuld to fly.
: : I asked for the firewall plate, HAI/6S/132536 to be remo
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: : d. Underneath in pencil is what appears to be 92 and the
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: : a larger 9. This larger 9 is a bit disconcerting! BP929
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: : s a PR IV to Russia but so were a couple of other BP92*
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: : I am sure your new book will tell you.
: : I am opened minded and as the restoration continues I wi
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: : monitor unless our Russian friends can come up with som
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: : hing.
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: How did the Swedes get it?
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: Erik

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