UK2 DG200 Messerschmitt Bf109E 1941orLater.jpg

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:22:59 -0400, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

In article ,
Joseph Testagrose wrote:

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Interesting -- in that it has lost its canopy.

Pretty sure the manufacturers weren't delivering to England at the
time... ;^}

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:00:02 +0100, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote
(in article ):

Interesting -- in that it has lost its canopy.

Pretty sure the manufacturers weren't delivering to England at the
time... ;^}

Actually, it was reportedly removed because one of the Rolls Royce test
pilots was too tall to fit in the cockpit comfortably. Then they lost the
canopy:

http://tinyurl.com/3vobw6o