They are still there, peeling, unloved and ignored.

Awesome photo, even if the skull and crossbones should be on the left hand side – how did the panels end up in Sydney?

I’ve alway felt it would be a stronger museum on one site. But I am aware that is really never going to happen.

It would certainly be impressive, and would have quite a few ‘duplicates’.

I’ve always felt that they’ve sent some of the rarer aircraft to Cosford as a means to ensuring that the enthusiasts go there – the Liberator and Thunderbolt were both there at one point, and now the Gladiator and Defiant have gone. The casual visitor won’t know any different and the footfall has to be maintained somehow…

I’ve just spotted this!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3498578/Military-buff-building-World-War-Two-Stirling-bomber-SHED-using-parts-30-different-aircrafts-bought-eBay-Haynes-manual.html

Apologies if it’s already been discussed…

I seem to recall the Belgrano was ex R.N. – and was enough of a threat to warrant a couple of torpedos to take it out of the picture.

The General Belgrano survived Pearl Harbor

The Beaufighter’s problems have been well documented and I understand availability of the correct engines rather than money is the main problem. You can throw all the money you like at any project but if you can’t obtain the right parts sadly it won’t go anywhere. Let’s hope something turns up in the future (maybe in a crate at the bottom of a big hole!) but in the meantime there is plenty more on the preservation scene to keep us all happy.

To be fair, a static Beaufighter in any museum would be a welcome addition. Planes don’t have to fly!

Friday the thirteenth was displayed in public.

Oxford Street, London, June – September 1945…

Sad to see it not staying at Hendon. And the Gladiator.

Thanks, really interesting. Meanwhile the Wellington lurks in the background…