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Re: Diemert P-40? P-40E/AK940?

Posted by bdk on Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:46:15 PM

In reply top Diemert P-40? WTF? posted by Olivier Lacombe on Tue Dec 16, 2003 08:18:30 PM

Another Diemert original....

That was up for auction some years ago in the big Santa Monica warbird auction, but I don't think that it sold then.

I think that this is the one.

: I'm watching a show about aviation on the CBC in French an
: d they just showed ole Diemert with his Defender (humbly s
: erialed RL 208!!! LOL). Outside was a P-40, AVG markings.
: It looked like it had Lancaster cowlings (!!) instead of
: what you'd found on P-40s. Round spinner, paddle blades
: like a Lanc III and the rest associated with the bomber.
:
: I'm sure the other French Canucks are watching the same ri
: ght now, but can anyone enlighten me about that P-40?
:
: Oh yeah, they showed the Pond Racer flying earlier in the
: show, and Rare Bear had a 4-bladed prop and was reddish, n
: ot purple, so it might be old...
:
: Ollie

P-40E/AK940

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