Halifax : Halibag or Hally
Swordfish : Stringbag
Lancaster : Lanc
Whitley : Flying Barndoor
Hampden : Flying Suitcase or Tadpole

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Cees

Don’t forget the substantial Blenheim wreck that was recovered from a lake in Greece.
Photo’s of it are on the web, but it isn’t restored but on display in as found condition.

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Cees

Merlin3945

Well said, I cannot agree more, speaking from the Dutch side of Aviation Archeology.

Some of my additions:

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If anyone is thinking how horrible it is to go digging up these old aircraft please remember all the hours and hundreds of pounds that goes into the research and excavation of these aircraft and if it were not for these people then the story of the crew and the aircraft may be lost in time forever. Also remember the persons who dig up the aircraft are 9 out of 10 times the people who raise the memorials to the crew.
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My view:
People who have negative feelings agains this are mis-informed and it would be rewarding to make some effort in contacting serious groups and get some inside information instead of forming a self-coloured opinion.

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The people who carry out excavations legally do so as little more than a hobby and interest much like any one would who digs their garden or collects model trains and as such should be congratulated on the great job that MOST of them do.
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My view:
These people also do a lot of work the official authorities should be doing such as bringing back missing crewmembers missing for sixty years.

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The minority of people make a bad name for the majority of those who do it by the book.
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My view:
Unfortunately yes

Again, well said Merlin

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Cees

Fantastic progress.

My Halifax cockpit project is progressing very well too but not as fast as yours. The floor should be finished within two weeks or so, will send pics as soon as it is finished.

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Cees

I still haven’t seen the movie despite our museum having giving assistance and providing parts for patterns to build the mock up in Amsterdam. The woooden studio mock up of the radio-operators compartment was obtained by us and is now on display at our museum fully fitted out and using sound effects to create the enviroment an operator had to endure during a sortie. Some of the props such as the replica .50 machineguns taken from the Liberator wreck are used in a mock up B-17 sidegunner diorama as well as some of the props made for the film. As you know the mock up itself ended up in Belgium but only the nose, the rest was destroyed.

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Cees