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Old 14th Feb 2003, 12:05
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Wow, thanks for those.... brought back happy memories of when I were a spotty air cadet, gliding at Bovingdon. When they finished filming, many of the a/c were brought to Bovingdon prior to disposal. The noise and sight when they arrived was fantastic.

Later,as our gliders shared the same hangar as the "Luftwaffe" we got to see many of these aircraft at very close hand.

As well as the 2-seat Spitfire (G-AVAV ???) there was also a "Proktuka" (A stuka made from a Percival Proctor, poss used for ground shots ..... was it airworthy? I never found out) and a big pile of proctor and prentice bits. Somewhere in my attic is a school notebook with various details written down about them all.

Happy days.
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