Short Stirling Photo Collection

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A couple more nice images.
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Hi John

Slight clarification on one of the above photos. The mid upper on a BI is an FN7; a Rose turret was fitted to some rear positions on Lancs and had twin 50 cals

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Hi John

Slight clarification on one of the above photos. The mid upper on a BI is an FN7; a Rose turret was fitted to some rear positions on Lancs and had twin 50 cals
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Another couple of great photos of the old girl.
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Here are a couple more photos, which I do not think I have posted before.
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This photo below may have been posted previously.
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Here are a couple of photos that I don't believe I've seen before. All credits as listed.
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here is a nice colourised photo of a Stirling.
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I've posted this photo on another thread but it also needs to be listed here.
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Another couple of Stirlings at base.
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Thanks for those photos, Alan,

The last photo has a few bits of colour to it ............. the red patch on the ground????????
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Not sure if I've already posted this one but here goes ........
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Alan and John: A big thank for the photos.

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