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Old 28-04-2005   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by George
There was an article on the Barnwell Brothers on the news yesterday when they unveiled a memorial near Stirling to them. Apparently they were responsible for the design of the Blenheim bomber as well. The sons of the family all died during WW2 while members of the RAF
*** Now that name rang a bell with me,the Barnwell Bullet was I believe the Vickers ES.1,a tubby little biplane of 1914-18 vintage.
Somewhere I have a small drawing for this machine,will have to try and find it.
A fascinating story.
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