{"id":859,"date":"2019-12-03T19:52:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T02:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=859"},"modified":"2019-12-30T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T17:29:53","slug":"bristol-bolingbroke","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/bristol-bolingbroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Bolingbroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IV<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bristol-Bolingbroke.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Bristol-Bolingbroke.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. 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