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Re: RAF Musuem Contacts...

Posted by Ron Henry on Thu Jan 23, 2003 06:16:46 AM

In reply top RAF Musuem Contacts... posted by Dave Robinson on Wed Jan 22, 2003 06:41:47 AM

: Does anyone have any contacts in the historical or archive
: section of the RAF museum. I am trying to track down som
: e drawings...BAe say that the RAF musuem have them and the
: RAF museum tell me that they were sent back to BAe. BAe
: are quite insistent that they do not have them anymore.
: The lady that I spoke to at the RAF museum was very friend
: ly (and tried to be helpful) but she didn't really know an
: ything about drawings or their archive, and wasn't really
: that interested in searching due to the time it would take
: , so I was hoping that someone would be able to give me a
: contact that may be more interested or may know a little m
: ore.
:
: On the same subject I was informed that it could well be p
: ossible that the museum does have the drawings but not kno
: w because they have a storage facility that has yet to be
: cataloged. Does anyone know if this is true?
:
: Thanks for the help
:
: Dave

If it's Lancaster drgs you're after, don't forget that BAe re-sparred PA474's wing, so it is conceivable that drgs were sent back to BAe. I was very pleased to hear recently that BAe maintain a very large archive, to which access sometimes seems to be granted, at Farnborough. Let's hope that their current financial problems don't cause any problems for the archive!

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