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I'm going there tomorrow with camera in hand. 8)

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That's great news! The Beau is so cool looking.

BTW, I don't care what the revisionists call it now, the place is the Air Force Museum, and I will never, ever, ever call it the National Air, uh, Museum . . . , uh, Air Force, . . . of something!*

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(I worked for the AF Museum system for 17 years - I can call it what I want to behind everybody's back! 8) :lol: )

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That's fantastic. It really looks great. One thought that had never crossed my mind before when looking at a picture of a Beau but for some reason struck me almost immediately tonight was Henschel 129.
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fabulous & deadly beautiful!!! remember ithe 1st for letters of it's name.... beau!!!!

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That's fantastic. It really looks great. One thought that had never crossed my mind before when looking at a picture of a Beau but for some reason struck me almost immediately tonight was Henschel 129.


Very interesting point. 8)

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...and one of them had adequate engines...

Interesting similarity. One's much bigger than the other though.

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fyi.........the hs - 129 had such a small cockpit that i believe at least 2 or at most 3 cockpit instruments were mounted ahead of the wind screen on the exterior of the airframe. learned this fact from building a model of the type years ago.

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Yes. It does look a bit cramped!

http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW2/Hs129-B2-11.jpg
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Yes. It does look a bit cramped!

http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW2/Hs129-B2-11.jpg


OUCH! :(
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Nice display. Except for the lighting. That sucks.

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that pic gives good perspective. check out the cannon gun housing under the pilots left arm!!!! the noise & recoil must have been enough to shatter his dental work & pop his ear drums!!!! plus there was the equivilent armament on the opposite side.......... not to mention the big tank buster gun protruding dead center at the nose & the breech sitting under his keester. that thing must have knocked his nads off!!! think of all three weapon stations firing in sinc!!! it speaks for the hs 129's structural integrity, & in such a close vicinity to the pilot!!!!

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Can our friends Downunda fill us in on this particular Beau's history with the RAAF, please?

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The Beaufighter is a composite restoration based on T5049 ( RAAF A19-43) the hulk of which was recovered by Moorabbin Aircraft Museum, Melbourne in 1971.
Beaufighter Mk.Ic RAAF A19-43 flew 38 missions with No.31 Squadron of the RAAF at Coomalie Creek near Darwin on the northern coast of Australia from 20 June 43 to 12 March 44. These missions included 20 convoy escorts, 10 strike missions, 1 aborted mission, 3 search missions and 4 training.

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That was quick! Thanks Dave!

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Nice display. Except for the lighting. That sucks.


How about this? Cropped, enhanced and slightly color-corrected:

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(Scott - if it isn't OK to do this, please yank it!)

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