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Thanks for the info bdk! n/m

Posted by Olivier Lacombe on Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:07:04 AM

In reply top Re: Diemert P-40? P-40E/AK940? posted by bdk on Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:46:15 PM

: Another Diemert original....
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: That was up for auction some years ago in the big Santa Mo
: nica warbird auction, but I don't think that it sold then.
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: I think that this is the one.
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: : 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 marking
: s.
: : It looked like it had Lancaster cowlings (!!) instead
: of
: : what you'd found on P-40s. Round spinner, paddle blade
: s
: : like a Lanc III and the rest associated with the bomber.
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: : I'm sure the other French Canucks are watching the same
: ri
: : ght now, but can anyone enlighten me about that P-40?
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: : Oh yeah, they showed the Pond Racer flying earlier in th
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: : show, and Rare Bear had a 4-bladed prop and was reddish,
: n
: : ot purple, so it might be old...
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: : Ollie

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