I was rummaging through an old briefcase of mine from the 1970’s recently found in the attic, and came upon some forgotten photos of a visit to Limoges Cathedral.
This aircraft was shot down on June 16th 1944 near Limoges by a local “Maquis” resistance group, and placed in the Cathedral grounds as a memorial to the French ‘Maquis’ resistance fighters who fought the German occupiers and took heavy casualties in doing so.
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The airframe only has been preserved and restored in “Musée de la Résistance” in the city of Limoges.
By: Sopwith - 14th October 2017 at 10:51
Thanks for the gen Porter.
By: Vacca - 14th October 2017 at 07:13
An amazing job, well done!
By: oz rb fan - 14th October 2017 at 01:41
just stunning.
By: Duggy - 13th October 2017 at 23:50
:applause:
By: Rosevidney1 - 13th October 2017 at 21:37
Bravo! Molto bene!
By: Wyvernfan - 13th October 2017 at 17:54
Cracking little aeroplane, well done all!
Rob
By: Porter - 13th October 2017 at 16:36
The Re.2000 recovered from the sea seems in extremely bad conditions and could only be used as a source of parts or as a model to restore in future the wreck present at the Caproni Museum in Trento. This Re.2002 was a wreck recovered at the end of the war on an airfield, to restore it have been found an engine and a propeller, then it was rebuilt the left wing, the engine hood and many minor parts.
By: Sopwith - 13th October 2017 at 14:01
Is that the one that they got out of the sea a few years back? If so it looks like they’ve done a great job on it.
By: Ant.H - 13th October 2017 at 13:39
Fabulous news, back from extinction!
By: Oxcart - 13th October 2017 at 11:15
Beautiful! Thanks for posting this!
By: Discendo Duces - 20th May 2014 at 22:49
Thanks for posting those.
I went looking for it in the 80’s when passing through Limoges and was told that it had been scrapped, so it’s a pleasant surprise to see that it survives.
DD
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