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WW2 US Planes on Allerton Rd Mossley Hill
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Norm NZ
'Correct' both of you! they were 'finished off' at the Rootes Aircraft Factory ,which was situated close to Speke airport, (Rootes later became the Dunlop Factory) then once completed they were 'wheeled' across Speke Hall Avenue into the airport where they were then flown off to various other bases. As Ebby, I too remember them all being towed down Mather Ave., then Speke Road to the Rootes Factory. Guess that they could'nt be 'shipped' to Garston Docks because of tidal conditions.:PDT11
Norm, Here's a photo pf the planes on Allerton Rd just about to enter Mather Avenue.
Photo from Liverpool Echo