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Forgot about TZ138 Mk XIVe
Posted by Lee on Wed Oct 02, 2002 09:23:53 AM
In reply top how about a P47 on skis! posted by Neil Medcalf on Wed Oct 02, 2002 12:11:56 AM
nearly forgot about the expliots of Capt (P)M. Hayward RN flying Spitfire TZ138 out of The Pas, Manitoba after his crew flew up from Edmonton to fix her prop when she nosed into a snow bank. The first and only time I have found proof of a Spit on Skis unless the Russian did it.
As Hayward mentioned in one of his letters it was a rather hairy situation fightin to keep the a/c on the runway. Ah but read my article for the full story!
Lee
Toronto