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Re: Hampden

Posted by david j burke on Mon Sep 30, 2002 02:07:42 PM

In reply top Re: Cees, to continue the thread on Hampden(s) at......... posted by Cees Broere on Mon Sep 30, 2002 09:40:54 AM

Cees - The project at East Kirkby is very much underway.
Recovery work was carried out on a Hampden site at Windy Gale a few years ago and they recovered some very useful
components. Contact is also underway with the Swedish authorities regarding the other remains.
Progress is naturally slow on a project than relies on volunteer effort but in fairness to the late Brian Nicholls it's far faster than when it was sat in storage at Cardington having nothing done to it whatsoever !
Regards the Hampden nose at Cosford - that belonged to the Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group and in fairness to them I don't imagine that they thought the would be a requirement for it in the U.K . They were proved wrong but that's the benefit of hindsight.

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