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Re: Brewster census - I am lost.
Posted by john parker on Mon Mar 29, 2004 07:51:42 PM
In reply top Re: Brewster census - I am lost. posted by Cees Broere on Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:50:17 AM
: John,
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: Those parts including the wing are now in the care of the
: Aviodrome museum based at Lelystad in Holland. It was inte
: nded to reconstruct an airframe but I also hear rumours th
: at they just make a diorama out of it showing a "typical"
: crash site.
:
: Cees
Thanks Cees- The storage in those days was next to the Oscar parts !!!! So how things turn up later is surprising
Kindest regards
John P
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:
: : Hi everbody
: :
: : Many many years ago I was privilaged enough to see in a
: sh
: : ed in Schyville near Sydney amongst other stuff the eart
: hl
: : y remains of a Brewster Buffalo comprising a large part
: of
: : a wing with a orange triangle RNEIAF marking on it and
: su
: : ndry other smaller bits. I was told that this had been r
: ec
: : overed from Western Australia where the aircraft had cra
: sh
: : ed after being repatriated from Indonesia.
: :
: : Since then there has been much buzz on the www about thi
: s
: : and other parts being recovered and going to all sorts o
: f
: : places or not. Does anybody have a better view on all of
: t
: : his activity ?
: :
: : I would be very interested if a definative situation cou
: ld
: : be arrived at as far as possible.
: :
: : Kindest regards
: : John parker
: :