Good find that ties in nicely with the picture on eBay.
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S4 was Armstrong Whitworth
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Thanks, I knew about the tail section, I thought maybe there was another more complete airframe as well.
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What former Yugoslavian Stuka are you referring to?
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We’ll see how it pans out.
I hope I’m proved wrong, but here in the UK things feel a lot more chilly , and I don’t just mean the weather. You are lucky to live in sunny New Zealand.
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My point exactly!
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If it’s the Russian operated one there may be a problem….but I’d love to see it.
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Rumours were that it was shot down near the Channel Islands by a USAF F-100; there was a Wing of them at Lakenheath at the time.
A more likely scenario is that he just lost control and spun in, but it’s just guesswork.
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Having read the post above by Robin Perrie, I think the RAF Museum gave it their very best shot, and should be commended. I can’t imagine the current regime at the RAFM sanctioning anything as ambitious, that’s for sure.
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Talking of Austers, this Mk5 with wartime history has just come up for sale:
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Does anyone know what is left of DZ452 and what became of it originally?
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No scrap value? Just a guess.
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Well, you got there in the end….
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Those nice air to air Hunters are Mk4’s from 229 OCU, the third one just airborne from runway 09 at Chivenor.
Thanks for posting!
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There is a lot of this stuff in Norway.
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