Tactical Trials - Stirling Aircraft - October 1941

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Tactical Trials - Stirling Aircraft - October 1941

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Hi All

Thought that you might like to see what the RAF thought about the Stirling officially - at least in October 1941 anyway.

The attached is from the The National Archives, there are a lot of forumites from down under who I suspect may never have the chance to sit down at Kew and look through the pages that they have there - so enjoy a read - some are out of focus but you can make it all out - just. You may need to zoom in.

James
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OK they are on backwards - I can handle that!
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And this looks like the aircraft that was used for the trials - N3667
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Great work James.
Many thanks for your continued informative input.
Cheers,
John
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Fascinating bit of reading. Thanks for posting James
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