The B24 and P47 are both now at Hendon, I am pretty sure that they were only ever at Cosford to encourage people to go there as well as Hendon.

I remember reading an article by the director of the RAFM who was very sceptical of Duxford’s acquisitions. Duxford wants a Liberator so Duxford gets a Liberator etc etc. I have to agree that swapping a Liberator for a Spitfire must have raised a few eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic and as someone said, why didn’t Duxford get the mock up? They do after all have a replica Mustang and they had already managed to acquire the nose section that became Fightin Sam but obviously that wasn’t good enough for the powers that be and as soon as the whole thing came along it was packed off back across the pond. I personally think the AAM was a bad idea, it wouldn’t surprise me if the IWM are regretting it.

I remember reading an article by the director of the RAF Museum who was hardly complimentary about the American Air Museum, saying something along the lines of it being a conservation disaster. He was also critical of the IWM’s ability to “acquire” aircraft, Duxford wants a Liberator, Duxford gets a Liberator etc etc. I mean, wasn’t the Liberator swapped for a Spitfire? Strange.

Not aviation related but….

200 years since Napoleon tried to invade Russia
200 years since Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated
100 years since the Titanic sank