Pegasus spitfire MK9
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I have been away to Holland for a number of weeks to look after family matters.
A friend of mine alerted me of the AVOG Crash museum. These people dig up crashed planes from WW2, they recovered 4 spitfires.
I got in touch with them to see if a visit would be possible as they only open once a month.
I told them about my journey and asked the question if it would be possible to have a piece of a 'real' spitfire which I could incorporate into my build.
They not only opened the doors specially for me but allowed me to search among recovered wrecks to find something suitable.
They have so much recovered items (most beyond salvation), that displaying them all would require a museum 4 times bigger.
I found a canopy slider of the MK9 RM906, in very good condition...This is now going to be part of my build..suddenly my build is getting more provenance.
Pictures attached and a small story (in Dutch) of the RM906 flown by Bill Harvey
Thank you very much Peter and Jan of the AVOG crash museum.
www.crashmuseum.nl
A friend of mine alerted me of the AVOG Crash museum. These people dig up crashed planes from WW2, they recovered 4 spitfires.
I got in touch with them to see if a visit would be possible as they only open once a month.
I told them about my journey and asked the question if it would be possible to have a piece of a 'real' spitfire which I could incorporate into my build.
They not only opened the doors specially for me but allowed me to search among recovered wrecks to find something suitable.
They have so much recovered items (most beyond salvation), that displaying them all would require a museum 4 times bigger.
I found a canopy slider of the MK9 RM906, in very good condition...This is now going to be part of my build..suddenly my build is getting more provenance.
Pictures attached and a small story (in Dutch) of the RM906 flown by Bill Harvey
Thank you very much Peter and Jan of the AVOG crash museum.
www.crashmuseum.nl
