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Last weekend the Dutch Air Force museum opened its storage facility for public.
This storage facility is open once a year.
The museum is due to re-locate and re-open in 2014 on the former Soesterberg Air Base.

The museum holds a variaty of warbirds : Spitfire ,P-51 Mustang ,Fokker D-XXI ,B-25 Mitchell ,Koolhoven FK-51 ,Dornier Do-24 ,Brewster Buffalo
and a selection of classic jets also jets used by the 32nd TFS at Soesterberg AB.

A large part of the museum collection has been in storage for many years.
In preparation of this move to Soesterberg ,large aircraft are already removed and are being restored for future display at the new location.
The F-15A Eagle is already re-painted and also the C-47 Dakota.
The F-27 Troopship and SP-2H Neptune are currently under restoration at different locations.

set samples:


SP-2H NEPTUNE ,201 (MLD)


SPITFIRE LF.IX ,H-1 (KLu\RNLAF H-1)




B-24H LIBERATOR ,42-7638 ,USAAF Wreckage and youtube link



Yahoo photo set of the Dutch Air Force museum 2009-2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/sets ... 456299801/

or view the slideshow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/sets ... 9801/show/

This set will be updated as more pictures comes available ,also pre-2009 pictures.

Kind Regards
Johan

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Preserved Aircraft ,Warbirds ,Propliners ,Classic jets and long forgotten Airshows Photos
Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/
Photoset Page : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/sets/

excellent preservations!!! i almost fell out of my chair when i saw the buffalo repro!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

One year later

The Dutch Air Force museum re-opened this weekend its doors of the Storage facility at the former Soesterberg Airbase.

All F-104's are gone
The Lockheed 12 is out of the restoration shop and now in storage.

The F-15 Eagle is displayed outside today and new exhibit is a F-4 Phantom ,repainted in 32TFS (Soesterberg) markings.





The whole 2012 set : http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyWqznh

Click on the photo on the yahoo page and go to the lightbox page (with the dark background) and scroll down the set.

Photoset of previous visits also includes museum and storage facility
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjpNEhC2

in slideshow : http://www.flickr.com//photos/pvdac/set ... 9801/show/


Regards
Johan

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Preserved Aircraft ,Warbirds ,Propliners ,Classic jets and long forgotten Airshows Photos
Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/
Photoset Page : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/sets/