Mind you, these European schemes may have come as a surprise to me, but tonight I also found out that ML407 wore a Free French scheme in the mid-1990’s. I had no idea of that. It was a scheme it had worn genuinely in one of its later squadrons, but I’m very glad she returned to her more well known and famous Kiwi colours. How long did that French scheme last Daz? And has she worn others whilst with the Graces?

Thanks Daz. I’d forgotten that a Messerschmitt even appeared in Land Girls.

Thanks Martin,

The pictures and any more info will be very interesting.

The Lanc recovery was mere bits and pieces, especially the Merlins.

Well the article has two photos of an almost complete Lancaster with rear and upper turret intact, canopy intact, at least the outer starboard engine in place with prop, astrodome intact, paintwork not too bad for being ten years under water and seemingly only missing just the port tailpane. It is seen being haulled out of the lake. Perhaps the mere bits and pieces is after it was scrapped?

The DVD version I just watched, which is the latest released version, has the beginning where he finds the Toby Jug in a shop window after buying a hat.

I cannot recall how it ends, but I’m fairly sure after the ‘flashback’ it just pans back to him and he wanders over back through the fence on onto his bike, and away. Unless I missed it, I don’t think he went into the building and replaced the jug.

I’ll have to get it out from the video shop again now. hehe