Raf Auster recovered in Dutch barn

The first RAF Auster to land in Amsterdam on May 5th 1945 has been found intact in a Dutch farm where it had been abandoned for 72 years.

The video in Dutch shows it arriving near Amsterdam, on a barge, after it's restoration in Zealand and at 0.46 one sees it on a 1945 film .

It will be assembled and displaye don the Museum Square in Amsterdam!

Opgedoken Engels oorlogsvliegtuigje voor het eerst te zien

 

Thanks for sharing Skipper, I'll send link to my Dutch friends.

 

You're welcome. Your Dutch friends have proably seen it on their local news. It was a big thing there, not to mention my link is from a Dutch media.