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    Airframe Family: Bristol 135/142/149 Blenheim / Bolingbroke
    Latest Model:Bolingbroke IVT
    Last Military Serial:9940 RCAF
    Construction Number:962
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) Bo...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

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    Constructed as a Bolingbroke IVT by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) at Quebec, Canada.
    1942 Fairchild Bolingbroke IVT (Canadian built Bristol Blenheim Mk IV) C/N 962 RCAF 9940 with Wings from aircraft s/n 9059.The Museum of Flight bought the unrestored airframe from the Strathallan Collection auction in 1981.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9940.

    To National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.
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    9 July 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Seen undergoing restoration by the Strathallan Collection at Auchterarder, Perthshire in the Summer of 1977

    15 July 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: After arrival at the Strathallan Collection at Auchterarder, Perthshire in December 1972, this Canadian-built Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV underwent restoration and was seen at the 1978 Open Day.

    9 October 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Under restoration at The Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland

    9 October 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Under restoration at The Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland

    25 August 2019


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: On display at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland
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