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And another!
This time an ‘honest fake’
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Relic-WW1-painted-Fabric-section-from-a-Handley-Page-O-400-Bomber/332107502390?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D8361e2650fc0453db9dc65848ffe0ac7%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D262810830295

You still have to read carefully before it is admitted he painted it,is the fabric genuine just with the added paintwork,not clear if you read it quickly
“Relic WW1 painted Fabric section from a Handley Page O/400 Bomber

A relic piece of fabric from a 1915 Handley Page O/400 bomber, complete with original dark green paint.

Handley Page O/400 bombers were the largest bombers of WW1. Huge twin-engine aeroplanes with 100-foot wingspans.

I’ve painted the ‘nose art’ image and numbers onto the fabric similar to the section of a O/400 bomber from 216 Squadron as kept in the RAF museum reserve collection.

216 Squadron can trace its roots to ‘A’ Squadron, RNAS, which formed at Manston on 5 Oct 1917 with four Handley Page O/100s. After moving to Ochey in France as a strategic night bomber squadron, it was re designated No. 16 Squadron, RNAS, on 8 Jan 1918.

When the RAF was formed on 1 Apr 1918 it was renumbered No. 216 Squadron, and soon afterwards became part of the Independent Force under Major General Trenchard flying Handley Page O/400s.

216 Sqn HPO/400 bombers flew as part of the 83rd wing. They were the ‘bloody paralyser of an aircraft’ requested by Commodore Murray F. Sueter when he was Director of the Admiralty’s Air department. The O/400 had a normal crew of three had a maximum speed of 97mph and could carry eight 250ib (or sixteen 112lb) bombs stowed internally.

An original photograph of a Handley Page 0/400 is also included.

Dimensions of fabric approx. 400mm by 330mm

Photo approx 160mm by 115mm

The photo and fabric will be sent insured, tracked and signed for to the winning bidder.”