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Re: Battle of Britain Bf109E found in India a few years ago?
Jagan
Possibly so. However, the fact remains that it was found and acquired by a Western collector and restorer and no Indian museum had hiherto shown an interest, apparently.
The same might be said of Hurricane R4118. I rather doubt that it would have been preserved, let alone restored to flight, had it remained in India.
Equally, the DH9s of Bikaner. One is now fully restored and displayed in its pristine glory at Duxford and the other is on the road to restoration to fly. That would not have happened in India, and when I pulled the hulks out of the elephant stable they would not have survived another year or so of termite and insect attack. All you would have had left would be a pile of historic sawdust, I suggest.
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