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  • July 25, 2004 at 11:45 am in reply to: Wartime License Builds Outside UK #1829085
    Finny
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    It is kind of interesting that Blenheims were produced under licence in Finland, especially considering that the British government declared war with Finland. I do not remember the date of the declaration, but I think it was sometime late in 1941.
    Edit: The date when the war was declared was December 6th 1941. Technical support for Blenheims was discontinued already during the summer of 1941. After the war Finland had to pay licence fees for all Blenheims built during the war. Fair enough, I guess…

    June 25, 2004 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Aircraft Registrations #1610672
    Finny
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    HB-SEX is an Erla 5B, a pre-war German light aeroplane, I seem to recall. Remember seeing it at Birrfeld, Switzerland, a few years back, still airworthy, though the engine is not original.
    BTW, VP-Bxx is not Bahamas, but Bermuda, just nit-picking…

    April 9, 2004 at 9:17 am in reply to: Bristol Blenheims, Beaforts and Beaufighters #1801097
    Finny
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    Originally posted by Flood
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    There is approximately ONE genuine complete Bristol built Blenheim and that’s the one in Finland (BL-200). There is also the nose (or several noses, maybe) of a mark 1 in Finland. All the other complete examples are Bolingbrokes.
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    Just to be exact, the number of Bristol built Blenheims is zero.
    BL-200, a Mk.IV, was built under license in Finland by Valtion Lentokonetehdas (Government Aircraft Factory), at Tampere.
    It is complete, awaiting restoration in Finnish AF museum at Tikkakoski, near Jyväskylä, Central Finland. The Mk. I nose is in the Finnish Aviation Museum at Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

    March 23, 2004 at 7:04 am in reply to: Where is it? The Buffalo #1831415
    Finny
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    Yes, I’d also like to know where it is and what is going to happen to it. I guess it will never be back in Finland again, where, IMHO, it belongs.
    To be fair, it was not inside Finnish borders, but actually quite deep inside Russia, otherwise it would have been salvagged decades ago.
    I have heard that the U.S. Navy Museum in Pensacola, Florida is about to make a deal by swapping it for a few P-3’s, which again could be modified to waterbombers, and thus be turned into money. Anybody else have any info on this?

    January 8, 2004 at 2:08 pm in reply to: British designed/built aircraft abroad #2082367
    Finny
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    Apart from the Gauntlet, which is in flying condition (with an Alvis Leonides engine, unfortunately), in Finland you can find the following British types. Many of them are extinct in the UK:
    Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard
    Blackburn Ripon IIF
    Bristol Bulldog IVA
    Bristol Blenheim IV (not a Bolingbroke, which I believe the example at Duxford is?)
    Folland Gnat F.1
    Plus the less unusual ones:
    Avro 504K
    Hawker Hurricane I
    DH.60 Moth
    DH. Vampire Mk.52 and T.Mk.55
    Percival Pembroke C.Mk.53
    Also, there are substantial remains of a Gloster Gamecock.

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