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Re: Twenty Tempest IIs were exported, what happened to them?

Posted by Paul McMillan on Mon Apr 08, 2002 04:07:33 PM

In reply top Twenty Tempest IIs were exported, what happened to them? posted by Jagan on Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:13:13 PM

Could not these 9
:
: -Nine derelict Tempest IIs discovered at Poona, including
: one, HA580/MW758 now stored at Chichester. Had all moved
: on by 1972 to unknown destination.
:
Be in these 11??

:
: -1977 Eleven Tempest IIs put up for tender by Indian Govt,
: at Halwara and Jodpur after use as airfield decoys. Six
: were brought back to the UK, purchased by Doug Arnolds' Wa
: rbirds of Great Britain. They were mostly complete with e
: ngines but missing propellers and often tailplanes and rud
: ders. They had been stored outside in dry conditions for
: many years.
:

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