Just wanted to give this thread a bump to the main page and maybe do some summarizing. I was just about to start a new thread on this exact subject, but figured I'd better search first. (I actually searched Google for "Pearl Harbor Surviving Planes" not WIX; this thread was the first result that came up.)
So, first off, the search also gave me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCL9iFqHA-ASecondly, I wanted to try and sum up the info that had been added since the beginning of the thread:
Surviving: * JRS-1 at Garber - See video above (Info courtesy Nathan)
* P-40B at Duxford - (Info courtesy Nathan)
* Aeronca 65TC onboard USS Missouri - Took me a while to realize that you meant onboard NOW and not DURING the attack. (Info courtesy Nathan, Pat Carry)
* Aeronca in Hawaii - piloted by Oahu legislator Roy Vitousek, same as above? (Info courtesy John Dupre, David_Aiken)
* Zero at PAM - remains from Niihau incident, same as mentioned shot down by Pat Carry?
* SBD-2 (Bu No. 2106) "Midway Madness" at NNAM - Confusingly referred to as located at PNAM in the first post of this thread - apparently was meant to refer to "Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum" instead of what I assumed to be "Pacific Aviation Museum", also a survivor of the Battle of Midway,
detailed 171-page archaeological and historical documentation report. (Info courtesy Nathan,
A&T Recovery)
* Waco UIC (1933) - flown by Robert Tyce during the attack, now registered as NC13408 (Info courtesy rothjonb)
* Grumman Duck (s/n 1649) - owned by Chuck Greenhill,
Warbird Depot Article (Info courtesy warbird1)
Questionable/Unknown/Not Recovered/Fate Unknown: * B-10/12s - Underwater offshore? (Info courtesy Cubs & Nathan)
* Kingfisher - With Arizona Wreckage? (Info courtesy SaxMan)
* Kingfisher - Parts found dredging Missouri berth, same as above? (Info corutesy Cripes A Mighty)
* Kingfisher - Crushed, dumped in harbor?, same as above? (Info courtesy David_Aiken)
* DC-3 - On ground during attack (Info courtesy John Dupre)
* Aeronca - Shot at, piloted by Marguerite Gambo (Info courtesy John Dupre, David_Aiken)
* 3 K-T a/c - 3 shot down, 2 piloted by U.S. Army soldiers, 1 piloted by U.S. Navy sailor (Info courtesy John Dupre, David_Aiken)
* Interstate Cadet - flown by Cornelia Fort, a different Cadet [from the attack?] survives (Info courtesy John Dupre, David_Aiken)
* Unknown a/c - instructor & student (Info courtesy David_Aiken)
* Kingfisher - "THE BUG", from other thread
here (Info courtesy Mark Allen M)
* Stearman -
N49602? (Info courtesy b747cf)
Incorrectly Claimed: * Ford Trimotor - supposed bullet holes in tail (Info courtesy Cubs, JBoyle, David_Aiken)
* Kingfisher at UH - (Info courtesy SaxMan)
Anyone know what they did with the remains of the Japanese airplanes shot down? (Other than the one above and
this Val)
Third, although it's not aircraft, I figured I'd add what I had found on the surviving ships. I cataloged this in a list a while ago back on Wikipedia:
Wikipedia - Talk:Attack on Pearl Harbor wrote:
I've seen a number of claims about still existing ships present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. For example, the even
the home page of Historic Ships in Baltimore, Taney's parent organization, claims that it is "The Last Surviving Warship of Pearl Harbor" when it is in fact technically not a warship, and was actually in Honolulu Harbor during the attack and not Pearl Harbor as the other 2 named survivors were. (The museum's specific page on the Taney is a bit more correctly nuanced.) Or consider the link for YT-153 below, which mentions 2 other surviving tugs from the attack, but fails to mention the Taney. (Perhaps they meant to say there were 2 other surviving ships, which would explain the exclusion of the Taney.)
I'm certain that 3 of the following 4 ships were present during the attack and still survive. The fourth I don't even have a name for - the only evidence I have for it's existence is from the reference for YT-153. Anyway, the ships are:
* USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) - a coast guard cutter on display in Baltimore.
[1] * USS Hoga (YT-146) - a tug currently in Suisun Bay but destined for the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.
[2] * USS YT-153 - another tug apparently still in use as a dive boat in Rhode Island.
[3] * An unnamed mystery tug according to the link for YT-153 above. ("Two other tugs from that day are still with us, but are no longer operable.")
There's also the battleships Arizona, Utah and Oklahoma of course, but they usually aren't counted since they are just wrecks now. (They are no longer "floating" as it were) Are there any I missed? Does anyone know what the mystery tug is? -Noha307 (talk) 22:40, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
I missed the fact that the USS Pennsylvania is a wreck at Bikini Atoll in my above notes. (Thanks to battle)
Someone reminded me of the midget subs, I hadn't considered the Japanese ships. The 5 midget sub's fates are:
* I-16tou - discovered outside Pearl Harbor entrence in 1994-2001, IDed , likely dumped there after being inadvertantly removed from West Loch after the disaster there
* I-18tou - damaged by depth charges, abandoned by crew in Keehi Lagoon, raised in 1960 by US Navy, on display at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
* I-20tou - sunk by gunfire from USS Ward, discovered in 2002 5 miles outside Pearl Harbor (first shots fired in the Pacific War, gun that sank the sub)
* I-22tou - entered harbor and fired 2 torpedoes, both of which missed, rammed and sunk by USS Monaghan, used as fill in new pier construction, uncovered and reburied in 1952, crew remains still inside
* I-24tou/Ha-19 - captured along w/ first Japanese POW of WWII, now on display at the National Museum of the Pacific War
Whew, that was exhausting! Hope it helps.
I found these excellent research articles on
J-Aircraft.com a while back and finally now bothered myself to add them. The first article lists crash sites Japanese aircraft shot down in the raid and gives details for each. The second article is an analysis of a of specific Zero crash site. The third article is an analysis of artifacts from a specific Kate that crashed at the Navy hospital. The fourth article is a collection of photos of various Japanese aircraft remains.
Apparently, a man by the name of David Aiken has composed a list of every aircraft from every side (including civilian) airborne within 300 miles of Pearl Harbor on December 7th!
Looks like I have been doing redundant work.
EDIT: Re-titled section to "Incorrectly Claimed", moved U-H Kingfisher, added/changed Waco UIC, added note about USS Pennsylvania, added Stearman. -13/12/12
EDIT 2: Added links to J-Aircraft research articles on surviving relics. -07/07/13
EDIT 3: Chuck Greenhill's J2F-4 Duck confirmed, accordingly transferred to "Confirmed" section, added link to Warbird Depot Article. -27/01/14
EDIT 4: Eliminate duplicated SBD entry under "Survivors" section, add details and link to report to updated entry. -27/01/14
EDIT 5: Add information on David Aiken's work and links to a forum post and his website. -27/01/14