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Old 19th Jun 2018, 15:35
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Haraka
 
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In the summer of 1969 I came back from Gutersloh to Brize In a Belfast ,which I thought was named "Hercules" and was XR 367( I thought at the time the name was a bit odd considering) .Having subsequently seen it as "Heracles" I just put it down to tiredness and misreading. Some years ago I did a vacform 1:144 model of a Belfast and the markings ( from Welsh Models) were for XR 367 - also dubbed "Hercules".
Did it change its name to avoid possible confusion with the "company next door" ,or were both Welsh models and myself mistaken?
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