Sorry but it's tripe. Bader didn't return to the UK until he'd been liberated from Colditz in 1945 - this story is just a lot of hot air and blather by someone who either got his leg very firmly pulled in 1942 or has just made it all up.
Oddly enough the UK publication Aeroplane has an editorial in their Feb 07 edition bemoaning the lack of preserved aircraft from the late 30s and early 40s. They note only 2 Stukas preserved, one in quite poor condition in Chicago and one in London, mocked up to look like a dive bomber though...
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