Graham.A…………… well said that man and accurate ! P.40s that went through the RAAF Repair and Salvage Units in WW.II were scrabbled together from what parts they had from various airframes, mainplanes, engines etc. They were given what was considered to be the “appropriate” aircraft serial number, signed out and returned to service – operational service. If you happened to come across one of these now for rebuild would it be considered not to be ‘original’? Would you call it a replica even though it went back on operations? I know of at least one of these airframes that was ‘salvaged’ and sent back on ops that carried a different serial number on each side of the fuselage? What would you categorize that machine as ? Which machine would you call it? I have worked on many aircraft where panels, wings etc are marked with serials of another machine. Does that make the aircraft as a whole not ‘original’? Again, Graham.A is right. Let’s just sit back and enjoy their sight and sound. There was a time here in Oz when the only ‘warbird’ you could see was one of the two Mustangs that was used for target towing or radar calibration for the military or very, very, very rarely perhaps get a glimpse of a Sea Fury in that role. The argument is circular. If you don’t like what you perceive as a “replica” don’t go to the shows where it appears, do not take photographs of it but better that that…….. stop moaning………
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