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Re: stored Lancaster????? Linkage
Posted by PeterA on Sat Mar 15, 2003 08:04:38 PM
In reply top stored Lancaster????? posted by simon king on Sat Mar 15, 2003 12:31:40 PM
Barry Coran, owner of LZ844, the former Point Cook MksV/VIII composite can be linked to the French Lancaster. In his quest for Spitfires and parts he discovered or rediscovered the Lancaster on whatever Island it was in the New Guinea chain and was keen to recover it.
: Aircraft Illustrated latest edition makes reference to the
: sale of the ex Point Cook Spitfire VIII and say that it i
: s being sold to help purchase a Lancaster currently stored
: in France.......
:
: Now the only Lancaster I know of in France is the ex Walli
: s Island/Musee de l'Air example which i would of thought i
: s not for sale, following the trouble they took to recover
: it
:
:
: soooooooooooo
:
: is there another Lanc stored in France or is the story a p
: ile of pooh?
:
: I know AI isn't the most definitive source(!) but I'd stil
: l be interested in people's views
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: sk