Thank you so much to everyone who has helped and voiced their opinion on our Burma Dakota.   I was speaking to other families of RCAF 436 veterans and what they told me is really exactly how we look at C-GDAK. To us she’s not just an airplane.  She’s a memorial and an acknowledgment of our veterans.  We can go to see her and get closure.  She to us is the equivalent of a monument or plaque remembering our family members.  This is why we would much rather see her preserved at Canadian Warplane Heritage as static than sold if given the choice. Imagine a monument commemorating your families service being taken down to make room for a new one commemorating other veterans after 45 years when there is room for both.  For 45 years she has proudly worn Canucks Unlimited on her side.  She proudly wears the 346 squadron emblem on her left side an 435 emblem on her right.  If she is sold, and those markings are taken off, you aren’t  just washing off paint.  You are washing away our memorial to our loved ones. Her left side is painted exactly like the aircraft my dad flew on in WW2, to me she’s dedicated to Dad. From what I have heard Canadian Warplane Heritage has gone silent and will not return any emails regarding this airplane and will simply state “it’s old, and doesn’t have combat history”.   Why was her story and airframe so important for 45 years, but now you have a “new wartime” plane, she’s as good as trash?    We Burma Star families have missed her dearly since late 2019 when she went in for “Extra TLC” but the museum kept our hopes and spirits up promising she will be back soon.   Now we hear she’s being sold. Not to mention the only aircraft in the fleet that personally belonged to the museum’s late founder that he donated to the museum he created. What about Donor intent?    This is cruel and so unfair.   It’s no longer just me, there are many Burma Star families feeling very deep pain because of what you’re doing. Calls and emails are not being returned and we are truly heartbroken. Please don’t sell her! Bring her Home to Hamilton where she’s been loved and cared for, for the last 45 years.