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These two Bristol Bolingbrooke bomber/gunnery trainers had somehow survived for 27 years since World War 2 ended. The near one (10038) was restored as a Blenheim Mk.IV bomber in the UK, a feat which took many years of painstaking work, only to have the effort wasted by a pilot who crashed it almost immediately.

This is a composite rebuild of two RCAF aircraft: 9895 and 10038. They were both sold for scrap/parts after WWII and fell into severe disrepair. The latter was painstakingly restored to airworthiness in 1987 only for it to crash almost immediately. The remains from both have been combined and are now on display at the Koninklijk Legermuseum/Belgique Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire.

Actual RCAF serial, 9895. Although wearing Canadian serial 10038, the aircraft is otherwise painted as RAF Blenheim Mk.IV L9416 of No 139 Sqn. Based at Plivot in France, L9416 was shot down by Bf 109s during a mission against a German column on the Maastricht - Tongeren road on 12 May 1940. The crew survived.