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Continue reading]]> A Handley Page O/100 of the Royal Naval Air Service, 1918. Wings and interplane struts are finished with an experimental mottled camouflage scheme. (Photo Library and Archives Canada)

A Handley Page O/400 of the Royal Naval Air Service, 1918. Wings and interplane struts are finished with an experimental mottled camouflage scheme. (Photo Library and Archives Canada)

The wings of a Handley-Page O/400 heavy bomber were recently recovered by the RAF Museum Cosford, who was alerted by email that the wings of a World War Two bomber were being used to support the roof of a garage that was scheduled for demolition.

Personnel from the museum quickly realised that the wings were built with techniques dating from World War One and established that they belonged to a Handley-Page O/400 heavy bomber. They have been recovered and added to the museum’s collections.

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The Sopwith Snipe flown by George Barker, VC.

The RAF Museum in Hendon recently received a Sopwith Snipe built by the New-Zealand-based company The Vintage Aviator Ltd. The aircraft, which is painted in a postwar silver finish, incorporates many original parts. It is only intended for static display as it is not airworthy.

Source: Aeroplane Monthly

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An Albatros D.Va during World War I. (Source: Wikipedia)

The RAF museum will receive two new additions to its World War I aircraft collection: airworthy replicas of a Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 and an Albatros D.Va built in New Zealand will be arriving in the UK this summer.

Source: Aeroplane Monthly

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