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Re: Any hope of an "Interwar" discovery
Posted by Elliott on Fri Apr 18, 2003 05:39:21 AM
In reply top Any hope of an "Interwar" discovery posted by Mirrors on Fri Apr 18, 2003 01:18:10 AM
: : I can personally attest to the fact that following the p
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: : gress of the war has consumed much of the time frame in
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: : ich I used to visit the board. It's also consumed the t
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: : e I previously spent looking into the stuff that I event
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: : lly posted on the board! ;)
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: : Not to worry. War stole the fire from under the Thompso
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: : Trophy Races too, but they rebounded via Reno a few year
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: : later. Seeing that the majority of the actual fighting
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: : already over now, I predict many healthy threads regard
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: : g previously unknown WWII treasures being discovered in
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: : ghdad. I've already seen alot of rare armor, and even a
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: : ouple of rare planes that survived the bombing ;D
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: : Just a lull!
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: An unknown WW11 treasure or two from Iraq would certainly
: be welcome, but is there any possibility of any 1920's or
: 30's aircraft being discovered, in any condition?
I know of at least one Audax which ditched in a river in Iraq during the 'confrontation' in the early 40s. Should still be there...