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It would be nice to get one out of Norwegian waters and restore it like they did to the Handley Page Halifax that's now in Trenton Ontario Canada at The National Airforce Museum of Canada .

Is there any WW2 Short Stirling survivors around and if not is there any museums that are looking for ones that were ditched in any lakes that can be restored in full ?

Did he ever talk about the grappa and wine he had with the Partisans ? My Dad said he either liked the wine and hated the grappa or it could have been the other way around .I forgot which way it went .

Thanks Alan tbolt

OK thanks Joe . tbolt

Thanks Alan . tbolt

Thanks jkurchak. I will go to The CWHM and check it out . My Dad was a Partisan in WW2 and would tell me about it every once and a while . Regards tbolt

Anybody know what happened to the Turkish Airforce Spitfire Mk IX's that they recieved in 1947 and replaced in the early 1950s ?

I think he resigned in around April 1944 to join the USAAF so he could do escort flights in fighters where the enemy fighters were deep inside Germany .I’m not sure what he did from April 1944 to the end of WW2. He was a little hard to handle when he was in the RCAF from what I’ve heard . By...

No , I’ve read Malta Spitfire and Hero The George Beurling Story a few times .I’ve read a lot about him in newspaper clippings and on the web . I’d like to know who has his logbooks and things . They gave him a hero’s funeral in Israel . I can’t believe he’s not buried in Canada . They should...

Just want to know where I can get info on George Beurling's records . I'd like to research him more .I've known about him since the late 1970s and wonder where his logbooks and personal effects are . All I've seen were his RAF wings at The National Aviation Museum in Ottawa . I wonder if his...

Hi everyone . I'm looking for any information about Flying Officer J. E. R. Locke from 417 RCAF Squadron . He went down in Italy on August 10 1944 and spent 11 weeks with Italian Partisans until he went back to his own lines .My cousin in Italy says that there was a Canadian pilot who stayed...

Mk XIV hands down !

Just want to know where they stored the WW2 gun camera footage after the war.I'd like to see if there's any way of getting a copy of George Buerling's shoot downs when he was in Malta.

That's what they called it too.I hear they did a good job with RAF .Just want to know some of the story's of the pilot's who flew them over there.