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PostPosted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 2:53 pm 
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Hi

We have been adding some pictures from Ashley Briggs personal collection of the Moorabbin Air Museum P-40 to the P40 album on our Facebook page, going all the way back from the remnants found around 1966, recovery, display in the Museum and finally a number of shots of it being restored from the ground up (it suffered badly from years of being outdoors at the Museum, which is close to the sea)

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Ewan
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:44 pm 
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Interesting P-40 fitted with a P-51D wing!

Thanks for sharing.

Laurent


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:19 pm 
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BTW, whatever happened to A29-58 at the Morrabin museum ? I photographed it when I visited there in 1992. See attached file:

http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contr ... n/4401.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:28 pm 
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That is a photo of A29-53; the museum never had A29-58 in its collection.

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Keith Gaff


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:32 am 
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A29-53 and A29-59 are around, and that is it.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:42 am 
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Thank you for correcting me on the RAAF S/N. Looking at my original photo (enlarged) it still looks more like a -58 rather than the correct -53. I should have looked closer as I was no doubt still been suffering from jet lag...

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