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Re: Trail of the missing Lancaster Bomber
Posted by Matt on Fri Sep 21, 2001 10:46:13 PM
In reply top Trail of the missing Lancaster Bomber posted by peter on Fri Sep 21, 2001 10:33:10 AM
I was at Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight museum last month and the tour guide mentioned that a complete Lancaster was being stored in 8 Conex boxes. He pointed to such and there are 8 boxes. Not sure the tail number/identifier.
Matt
: Hello..
: Two years ago I recieved an email regarding the remains of
: Lancaster MKX KB976 and KB994. This was the complete ex S
: trathallan Lancaster and the complete Fuselage of 994 that
: Charles Church had bought.
: The info I recieved was that the complete Tail section Of
: KB976 was sitting at Crowland Lincolnshire and the mid Fus
: elage was at North Coates Airfield and the Cockpit section
: went to Kermit Weeks in Florida along with parts of 994.
: KB994's cockpit was reported to be at Hurn Airport Bournem
: outh
: Can anyone confirm the location of these parts. I have see
: n a photo of a lanc cockpit at Sandtoft airport and this b
: ears the damage from a roof collapse so it must be KB976..
: ???