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Re: ex-Eritrea (Ethiopian AF) Fireflies
Posted by Ron Henry on Thu Jan 23, 2003 06:00:17 AM
In reply top ex-Eritrea (Ethiopian AF) Fireflies posted by Steve T on Wed Jan 22, 2003 10:16:28 PM
: Quick query--
:
: Anyone know the present status of the second pair of Fa
: irey Firefly airframes recovered ca. 1999 from Eritrea? Th
: e first pair (recovered 1995) came to Canada, where one (D
: K545) is now stored at CAM and the other (PP462) under reb
: uild to fly at Shearwater. Of the second pair (and a SAAB
: B17 recovered at the same time) I only recall that one Fir
: efly was an FR.1 and the other a T.1 dual-control variant,
: and that they went initially to South Africa where one wa
: s said to be offered for sale. Serials? status?
:
: Steve
I'm fairly certain that I read an article dedicated to the S African recoveries from Ethiopia in either Flypast or Aeroplane within, say, the last 12-18 months. HTH.