Aircraft Identification Challenge 226

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Aircraft Identification Challenge 226

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After last weeks' (ahem) short challenge, here's another to whet your appetites

maker and type please
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Re: Aircraft Identification Challenge 226

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Without doing any research, first impressions remind me of a Mossie proto-type variation.
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I have no idea whatsoever :shock:
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Re: Aircraft Identification Challenge 226

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Alan, I've just noticed your total number of posts now lists as ........... 1234
Just a bit of trivia.
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But an interesting bit of trivia, well spotted.....
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Not Mosquito derivative :)

Sabre mentioned a type to me yesterday but has been too shy to post Not saying whether he ws right or wrong though ;) ). Come on Cliff where are you?

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Originally considered Miles X 30 Minor but after checking Putnam think it's a Boulton Paul P 92/2.

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though it pains me to say it, Cliff has it correct.

link to the aircraft here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulton_Paul_P.92

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Well, i'll be.... :o would'nt have got that in a month of Sundays.
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Cliff has a selection of Putnams books bar none and he's like a dog with a bone once he's on the trail of a mystery ac LOL
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