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| 958.1 | | TROOA::SOLEY | Fall down, go boom | Wed Aug 23 1995 10:51 | 7 |
| The Canadian Warplane Heritage is located in Mount Hope, Ontario just
outside Hamilton. You could get their number from directory assistance
for the 905 area code +1 905 555 1212.
It's been a few years since I went to one of their annual shows but I
don't remember them having a Halifax so they might wellbe trying to add
one to the collection.
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| 958.2 | bits and pieces | JGODCL::CLEEUW | | Thu Aug 24 1995 02:39 | 10 |
| re.1: I'm sure they dont have one because there are only a few around.
The one I mentioned at Elvington and then there is a wreck in the
R.A.F. museum at Hendon (in the suburbs of London UK). This wreck also
came from a Scandinavian lake or Fjord (have to look it up in the
Halifax book).
Then there maight be around a few bits and pieces and then there is of
course the Dutch soil that holds several wrecks of Halifax'es that
crashed during WW II.
A few of them might be in reasonable good condition IF they could be
recovered but that's another story.
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| 958.3 | FYI | TROOA::COLLINS | Nothing wrong $100 wouldn't fix. | Thu Aug 31 1995 23:24 | 9 |
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Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Hangar 4, Hamilton Airport
Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada
L0R 1W0
Phone #: 905-679-4183
FAX #: 905-679-4186
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| 958.4 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Occam's Liquid Soap | Sun Sep 10 1995 11:21 | 17 |
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Yesterday's `Toronto Star' carried a story about this wreck. Seems it
was dropping supplies to Norwegian resistance fighters when it was shot
down by the Germans on April 23, 1945. Five of the six crewmen died
when the Halifax ditched into Lake Mjosa.
The wreck was pretty much forgotten about until 1981 when a man named
Tore Marsoe, who heard the plane go down as a teenager, returned to the
lake to map the remains. The Halifax Aircraft Association is trying to
raise $100,000 towards the recovery of the wreck, and the Canadian
federal government has kicked in $250,000.
The plane will be cleaned, restored, and put on display at the Royal
Canadian Air Force Museum at Canadian Forces Base Trenton.
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| 958.5 | do you have a copy of the article? | JGODCL::CLEEUW | | Tue Sep 12 1995 08:00 | 2 |
| Would you be able to get me a copy of the article?
Thanks - Cees
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| 958.6 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Every now and then it's gotta rain. | Tue Sep 12 1995 09:46 | 12 |
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Cees,
I still have the article; I can send you a photocopy if you want,
although there's not much more in it than I already quoted.
Send me a mailing address and I'll send it out shortly. I tried sending
you vaxmail at JGODCL::CLEEUW, but the system wouldn't let me. If you
can't vaxmail me at TROOA::COLLINS, then post your address here.
jc
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