Recently the Dutch Aircraft Recovery Group Foundation has announced two Merlin engines for sale. The engines have been recovered from a crashed Lancaster previously recovered from the clay in the Netherlands.

Details of the offering, as well as photos of the two available engines, are described in this discussion thread from Key Publishing forums.

The Aircraft Recovery Group is being run solely by volunteers and carries out research over the air war over the Netherlands during World War II. Their museum is situated Fort Veldhuis in Heemskerk, the Netherlands.

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