INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

Bristol Blenheim/Bolingbroke

Type	Total Number 2000	FAA notes 1999-2000	Threat Status 1999-2000	Changes 1999-2000
Bristol Blenheim	13 (+?) Thirteen are known to be in museum collections around the world.	No FAA aircraft are preserved	-	1 destroyed in 1980s and another restored August 2000

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Bristol Blenheim/Bolingbroke
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	G-BPIV	T 9893	Fairchild Bolingbroke IV	RAF markings 'Q-VC', See photos	British Aerial Museum, Duxford (UK) Has been flying since May 1993. See history	Airworthy
	-	-	Blenheim IV	RAF Markings "WM-Z"	British Aerial Museum, Duxford (UK)	Airworthy until destroyed (UK)
	-	L8756/10001 (RCAF)	Blenheim IV	RAF markings 'L8756'	RAF Museum, Hendon (UK)	Static
	-	9893 (RCAF)	Bolingbroke IVT	-	Imperial War Museum - Duxford (UK)	Static
	-	-	Blenheim Mk IVF	-	Hellenic Air Force Museum (Greece)	Static
	-	9892 (RCAF)	Bolingbroke	-	National Aviation Museum (Canada)	Static
	-	880207 9895/10038	Bolingbroke IV	-	Musée de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Brussels (Belgium)	Static
	-	-	Bolingbroke IV 9940	-	Museum of Flight - East Fortune, North Berwick (UK)	Static
	-	-	Bolingbroke IV	-	BCATP, Brandon (Canada)	Static
	-	#9989	Bolingbroke IV/restrored as Blenheim IV	See photo	Nanton Lancaster Society and Air Museum, Alberta (Canada) Served with #3 Bombing and Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba as part of the BCATP.	Restored and dedicated August 2000
	-	-	Bolingbroke IV W	Will bepainted in the colours and markings of 119 (City of Hamilton) Tiger Squadron (Coastal Command)	Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, ONT (Canada) Being restored from the remains of eight airframes	Static - under restoration
	-	-	Bolingbroke IV	See photo	Quebec Air and Space Museum (Canada)	Static-under restoration
	-	BL-200	Blenheim	-	Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo in Tikkakoski (Finland) Bristol Blenheim BL-200 in storage	In storage

Associations and reunions

FURTHER INFORMATION
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7
Warbird Alley	Warbird Alley, an online reference source for information about privately-owned, ex-military aircraft. Includes details and specs and a summary total of airworthy aircraft including the Blenheim/Bolingbroke

Last Modified: 3-12-2000

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