Invader became B-26 post WWII when the Marauders had all been withdrawn from service.

Research going on elsewhere;
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=28284

I then progressed onto building Brush 47’s, and these with class 40’s I repaired for 20yrs with classes 31,33,37,45,50, and finished in 1988 on 56’s… I’ve got vague memories of a toilet bowl with seat with also a flush bar along the bottom worked by foot pressure on either the 37,47 or 56 classes our main repair type, although the jobs we did were elsewhere fortunately!!! the small urinal was approx. 8″x4″ and both went outside the loco…

Being a current part owner of a 37, 47 and a couple of steam locos … 🙂

Don’t think so, look at the Lancaster (the UK no.1 type) and Lincoln projects that had been lying derelict in the UK for years with nobody caring for (now both of them are derelict in the US and Australia). You really need to have someone with an interest in the type and with deep pockets as well. Karl K is that man but his pockets are not that deep unfortunately but he has pulled off unbelieveable things regarding the Halifax.

The Lancaster was always supposed to be in the hands of those with the finances and facilities to restore it, the fact that it wasn’t is down to several different circumstances, the hangar collapse being one.
The Lincoln is much more as you say; had the lottery come up I would have bought it 🙂

There would probably be more support for a Halifax project if there were something substantial available to start with … chicken and egg etc.

https://www.facebook.com/BBMF.Official/videos/1428672630521079/