From a question asked on another site .... I came across this !! .... quite a restoration job isn't it ?? Restoration of Hurricane MkIIA - Z3055
What a brilliant, brilliant story. Thanks, Annie. I was aware of the museum having a Hurri but had not realised the extent of the restoration i.e. running. A very historic aircraft. I'm a sucker for anything to do with Malta so you've made my day.
I was looking here for Flt Lt J H Salt but he's not on this index ... but thought I'd give you the pages anyways - you may find him !! airman191570 Duh ... ignore what I just said ! .........
Oh OK ..................... though this is probably ... yet again ...... !! Hurricane Mk1 (RAF serial R4118, squadron code UP-W, UK civil registration G-HUPW) at Kemble Open Day, Kemble Airport, Gloucestershire, England. The aircraft was delivered new to 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron in August 1940. It flew 49 combat sorties from Croydon, England, destroying 3 enemy aircraft and damaging 2 others. Still painted in its original markings, R4118 is the only Hurricane from the Battle of Britain still flying
What I am about to say is out of complete sarcasm, are you sure that isn"t a different plane:nono: well this smiley will tell how good they did in the restoration:first:. I wonder if any of you ever seen the show called "Overhaul" they do complete restoration, I can not remember which battle this was but a Panther was retreating and the crew didn"t know they were driving over a FROZEN LAKE!! they started to drive over the LAKE that was iced over they broke threw and the crew drowned to death. Well the team from the show called "Overhaul" pulled the Panther out of the Frozen lake. They restored it and you would have never known it was in a lake for 60 plus years. When they pulled it out I thought the thing was gonna fall apart.:clock: I corrected this on the other post but it was a river in Poland
That is not what I seen. the only reason I say this is because I seen the show not to long ago, The tank was a panther, the thing looked much worse than that. . Here are somethings to describe the tank to show it was a Panther, long barrel bigger tank,. Oh sorry I said lake, looked it up on the internet, it was actually a River in Poland. oops, the tank had no color, but rust,.
Seems like just about every pond lake or river in Eastern Europe has a tank in it, was this the one? T34 at Johvi, Estonia - WW2 Relic is also Symbol of Cold War : The Runagates Club
