DocWard Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Nothing, so it seems. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11377178/RAF-Museum-handed-over-Spitfire-in-ill-conceived-deal-for-WWII-aircraft-it-may-never-receive.html A valuable Spitfire has been lost to the nation after an "ill-conceived" deal by the RAF Museum to exchange it for the recovery of another aircraft that it is unlikely to ever receive, it has been revealed. Museum bosses "paid" a salvage team an original Spitfire from their collection to retrieve a Second World War RAF Kittyhawk P40 plane that was found intact in the Sahara Desert 70 years after it crashed. But three years on and the museum, of which Prince Phillip is a patron, has conceded they may have lost the Spitfire with nothing to show for it after the political unrest in Egypt stalled negotiations to bring the Kittyhawk back to Britain. If they're just giving them away, I'll take one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim No Horse Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 OH Man....really....is this for real? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I recall the find... RAF Kittyhawk Found in Sahara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I'll swap them some .50 BMG casings for one. I'll even throw in a steel pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I'll swap them some .50 BMG casings for one. I'll even throw in a steel pot. Dang, that beats anything I can offer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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