“To my mind, the identity must sit with the restored, airworthy aircraft; it was brought into the facility, repaired as necessary, and the skin panels changed – the intention was always that the identity would remain with the flying aircraft; the skins were merely a byproduct of the repair.
The same is clearly true of the Mosquito – it represents an original collection of parts that can be used for display, but which carry no identity – maybe ‘formerly TV959’, but that’s it!”
Exactly.On the Spit its the lower part of the firewall that is sought after even though they are interchangeable.
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