the great escape plan shows a date of december 1990.
incidentely if you have a copy of the escape plan it will give you the date.
according to Joe Bridi the plan number is the month and year it was drawn, hence the great esape plan is #1290.
the great escape is more of a mid wing and i believe the escape was lower. plus the fuselage was longer as has been noted by others.
Dave.
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