Well, it had crash-landed in Scotland, where it was about to be salvaged... However, a 9-lb tomcat named Chewy destroyed for good, forcing it into a power-off dive from the top shelf in the War Room to the floor before I could finish the diorama...
The diorama was one of my "behind the scenes" stories... The USAAF in England had Aircraft Recovery Teams that would go about the British Homeland in search of crippled bombers and fighters that had made it back to England, but not to a base...
Once they located an aircraft, they would survey it and determine if the aircraft was repairable or needed to be scrapped. If it was deemed repairable, and there was sufficient room for a take-off, they'd get it back into nominal flying condition, and sky it back to a base for further repairs. In this case, they determined that the aircraft was flyable if it had a couple of engines changed out and some flight-control damage repaired...
On the diorama, I also had a couple of Tamiya 2 1/2 ton trucks planned, as well as a towed air compressor, portable engine hoist, and team tent (This mission would take a few days to accomplish, so they need a place to live). The teams first priority was to get the big bomber back on its wheels.
They'd have pushed/pulled inflatable rubber jacks under the wings using the air compressor to inflate them, which would raise the Fort up high enough to get the wheels down. Then the engine change could begin. This was the "action" I had planned...
But the cat had other ideas...