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Re: John Magee's Spitfire {Andy, PeterA} ????
Posted by andy saunders on Mon Jan 20, 2003 05:29:48 AM
In reply top John Magee's Spitfire {Andy, PeterA} ???? posted by Lee Walsh on Sun Jan 19, 2003 03:41:10 PM
: Andy, Peter;
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: Do you both have any idea if John Magee's Spitfire has bee
: n recovered by the Tangmere Aviation Museum??? Some people
: in Canada including myself were interested in finding out
: . Make a great final conclusion to Andy's article on this
: pilot.
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: Anyone have any updates???
As far as I know nobody recovered the Spitfire of John Magee although I did track down some parts of it taken as souvenirs at the time of the crash. I doubt that much remains buried at the crash site from what I know of the circumstances. That said, I recall that a locally based group made an awful fuss about my interest when I researched the incident claiming they were about to dig up whatever was there - although, in fact, I was just researching the incident and not planning a "dig". That was nearly 20 years ago and to my knowledge they never did carry out any dig there. Thats about all I can add. Regards, Andy Saunders.
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: Lee
: Toronto, Canada