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Old 02-10-2007, 06:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Bristol Blenheim/Bolingbroke

http://www.warplane.com/pages/aircraft_bolingbroke.html
http://www.arc-duxford.co.uk/blenheim.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim
http://www.ilmasotakoulunkilta.fi/Il...d=Content9993D (translation?)
http://www.haf.gr/en/history/museum/exhibition.asp
http://users.cyberone.com.au/clardo/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKk0c9kWjqE
http://www.redkitebooks.co.uk/aa/ex0...m_Bristol.html
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3723195
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3723188 (scruffy Aussie!)
http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/s...?war=W2&id=213 (a desert trek)
http://www.winstonchurchillshop.co.u...s_id=16374&SID

That'll do for the time being.
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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.
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Old 02-10-2007, 07:34 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The blenheim was a favourite of mine when i was a schoolboy. I saw the belnheim under restoration when i visited Duxford. It would be good to get it back into the air again as memorial to those who gave their lives while flying it.
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HSL130 picking up the crew of a downed Halifax



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I love this stylised advert
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Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945.
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Another film - this time a series of newsreels. Great shots of the prototype:

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