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Done a bit more digging in the museum newsletters which report that during the Summer of 1971 G-AVVO received the outer wings, rudder, tailplane and port engine from G-AVHU. I remember that VHU had no tailplane when I cut the fabric piece from it. I helped dismantle VVO for the trip to Newark probably during the 1972 school Summer holidays.
GPG was donated to the museum around April 1972 shortly before the museum opened in May 1972 and VHU had been gone for some time by then. I suspect the fuselage and inner wings which were still stood on the undercarriage were removed from the end of 33/15 at the same time as the remains of Viking G-AIKN and most of the Bristol Freighter sections from the main dump area. I am sure these were all gone by the time the museum opened as I spent part of the open day display guarding the dump which at that time consisted of little except some Air Canada Vanguard sections.
I don’t know what happened to the original outer wings and tailplane for VVO but it is likely they were dumped with the remains of VHU and were swapped because those from VHU were in better condition.
It would appear any report of the survival of VHU is greatly exaggerated!