41-35253

Hi all;

Even though I was involved with the Rebel Air Museum for more years than I care to remember, I’ve always wondered how the identity of our Marauder was established. It was just taken as read that it was 41-35253. This belonged to the 454th BS and was coded RJ-S. The regular pilot was Maj Darwin Curtis. We had a fair few photographs of this aircraft, some well known, others unpublished.

My question is, is how was the identity discovered at time? I asked David about this several times, but never got a really conclusive answer.

Hornchruch…

Sorry, I know your reply above is nearly two years old, but..

I think the plans that were in hand regarding the future of the tail section fell by the wayside. I’m not sure if there are any new plans, but it is still at Earls Colne. I really must speak to the current keeper and get some news!

The same could be said for the HUGE photograph collection. What we had on display was a mere fraction of what was held by the museum. Most of what we had was unpublished and it would be fantastic to see just a small part of the collection in print. Trouble is, is that now we no longer have Stan and Dave with us, captioning could be tricky. They just seemed to know every photo off the top of their heads! I don’t think a lot of them were recorded properly.

I really must try to find the time to investigate this. Trouble is, it’s been a fair few years since I was in touch with my old museum colleagues!

Regards;
Steve