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B-26 in the UK (or it was anyway)

Just found out that a B-26 Maurader went into Carlisle on the 3rd Feb. Anyone got any ideas where this came from and where it went!

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By: stewart1a - 15th February 2005 at 20:24

what was it then?

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By: bentwingbomber - 15th February 2005 at 20:08

you are all way off on this one!!

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By: Nighthawk - 12th February 2005 at 12:11

All i’ve been told is that a B-26/A-26 flew over Spadeadam range on 3/2/05 at 3000ft en-route to carlisle, i will however be phoneing the airport to see if anyone knows anything shortly.

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By: T J Johansen - 12th February 2005 at 02:29

There are two vital questions here. First, did the plane fly into Carlisle or has it been seen on a flatbed? I agree with David Burke that a B-26 Marauder is somewhat unlikely. A flyable one is just beyond impossible… ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ˜€ Could it be that the Cadman A-26 has been sold to someone in Carlisle, or on its way to a boat? Is there a container harbor in Carlisle? To the best of my knowledge the SHF A-26 is still sitting engineless in ร„ngelholm, Sweden. The Greek A-26 is owned by a TV station owner named Minos Kiriakou and is sitting at Tatoi AFB. It has been repainted Silver w/ Tasmanian Devil nose art, the same letters on tail, and red flashes on tail/cowls now painted yellow. What about another scenario. The A-26 is coming to Europe, not leaving! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ I don’t think that is happening, but would love for it to be the fact. Can Nighthawk be persuaded to do a “James Bond routine” and ferret out some more info???

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By: David Burke - 11th February 2005 at 23:55

The Cadman brothers A-26 is stored near Norwich and hasn’t received attention for a number of years. There is a A-26 based in Greece which isn’t widely known about.

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By: crazymainer - 11th February 2005 at 23:21

There’s only one flyable B-26 in the world anyway.. Kermit Week’s! Correct me if im wrong?!

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I wouldn’t call in flying now a days its out of annual and hasn’t seen seen air for close to three years now.

But to answer your question yes its the only one close to being airworthy.

RER

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By: B-17 Buff - 11th February 2005 at 22:32

There’s only one flyable B-26 in the world anyway.. Kermit Week’s! Correct me if im wrong?!

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By: stringbag - 11th February 2005 at 21:50

Wasn’t there a A-26 stored in the Essex area?

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By: David Burke - 11th February 2005 at 19:25

I have a suspicion that’s it’s more likely to have been an A-26 Invader.

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