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Old 16th Dec 2020, 14:59
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Originally Posted by ExAscoteer2
It's also not a Halifax, but a 'bitsa', It poses as a MkIII, but the fuselage is actually from a MkII, with wings from a Hastings.


Which are the same wings, there is also the restored on at Trenton, that came out of the Norgie Lake, another two are located in the oggin they are trying to raise funding for and the Hendon one.... But as the RAF Museum appears to be planning another fire sale, lets hope it survives that!

http://www.57rescuecanada.com/


If the Panton brothers had been allowed by their father to purchase the last derelict Halifax bomber instead of the currently undergoing rebuild to fligh Lancaster, who knows what might have come to pass.
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