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Re: Anything in Dominica worth looking at??????
Posted by Dave on Sat Nov 17, 2001 07:01:09 PM
In reply top Anything in Dominica worth looking at?????? posted by Phil Earthey on Sat Nov 17, 2001 05:42:02 PM
: Now, where could their old fleet of Beaufighters be hidden
: ?????? Did I hear someone mention Thunderbolts??
Hi Phil
According to Bob Ogden , the UK supplied small numbers of Beaufighters and Mosquitoes in the late forties and the U.S. twenty five P-47s. In the fifties they also recieved 30+ P-51s and around 40 Vampires from Sweden. Also some 40 Texans came from Sweden and the U.S.
I believe all but a couple of the surviving P-51s went back to the States in the seventies.
There is no mention of any Beaufighter , Mosquito or P-47 on display in the country at present - see if you can scratch around in a few storage hangars without causing an international incident ;-)
Dave