November 28, 2006 at 10:34 pm
I’ve been to the Museum in the hill North of Beijing and seen the Mossie wing, the P51, P40, etc….. but that just got me thinking….
I understand that there may be some ex-Russian spitfires, any truth in this, or any other rumour as China becomes more ‘user-friendly’ in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics.
Cheers
APC104
By: paulc - 1st December 2006 at 06:44
No problems – I put some of those aircraft on a thread (just search for datangshan museum) looks like I had better weather as well but the amount of time I had there was about the same. Started off as walk click walk click ended up as run click run click as there is just so much to see and photograph. Mao’s Il18 was not open until I was too far away though but it is an excuse to go back sometime.
By: APC104 - 30th November 2006 at 18:52
Thanks for the offer Paul. It was mainly the B-29esk a/cs that were of interest to me and the main reason for visiting. Facinating place. I was the only visitor in the 2 hours I was there!!
By: T J Johansen - 30th November 2006 at 12:38
And does anything remain of the Belgian registered Stirling V that crashed post war at Kunming………………….:diablo:
There was this guy on the forum who knew a lot about the… Hmmm. Were did he go…? :rolleyes: 😉
T J
By: paulc - 30th November 2006 at 11:52
APC104,
I went to that museum last year – my pics from the tunnel did not come out too badly if you want a copy of them.
By: Steve Bond - 30th November 2006 at 09:08
Sorry, “no one knows anything about anything…”?
By: jeepman - 29th November 2006 at 20:51
AVG P40
has John Blackburn’s AVG P40 been recovered from Lake Dianchi in Kunming yet – or is that the one pictured?
And does anything remain of the Belgian registered Stirling V that crashed post war at Kunming………………….:diablo:
By: APC104 - 29th November 2006 at 20:32
A couple of relevant shots. Didn’t have a tripod so the inside shots were practically a write-off.
So no one knows anything about anything over in China… I’m sure something will come out of the wood work over the years to come.
By: Steve Bond - 29th November 2006 at 13:23
I cannot help with Spitfires, but don’t forget the genuine P-47 and P-61 at the museum in the Beijing suburbs, which I last saw in 2004.
By: zTango - 29th November 2006 at 12:51
Dave.. the P-40 is a replica (Code named 77 i believe) I’m looking for a pic now
By: zTango - 29th November 2006 at 12:13
any pics to share APC?
Spits & Hurri both went to Russia
aircrafts sent under the lend lease agreement (covers made in USA though):
[ur]http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/documents/index.htm[/url]
By: DaveM2 - 29th November 2006 at 00:52
P-40 ?
Dave