12XU2A3X3 wrote:
i was trying to spare everyone another whole thread on marauder survivors.
Don't spare us. People pay good money for that sh... well, you know.
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2. is there another survivor from the collection the G survivors 43-34581 & 44-68219 came from? i had read, in some source i am trying to locate, that there were three airframes. (i have also read elsewhere there were but two)
Other French civil B-26s, according to the current
Warbird Directory*: -
B-26C 42-107717 F-WEPO, later F-ZVLD with Dassault Aviation, no record after 1951, prior to which was used for jet engine testing.
B-26G 43-34584, later F-WBXM, later F-ZVLA, same as above, no record after '58.
B-26G 44-68219, now at the Musee de l'Air, - 'id. prev. incorrectly rep. as 42-85857'
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3. what is the condition of 40-1426 as of late, worth the salvage or no? i know locals have stripped much of the aircraft
Warbird Directory lists: "substantially complete inverted hulk, still in situ 00/05". I'll pin back the ears and let you know (down the track) if I hear anything. I'm sure you are aware of the interesting times likely trying to get airframes out of PNG nowadays.
Other ex-Civil 'vanished' B-26s listed...
42-107758, XB-PEX, Crashed, Dest, Mexico City, 1965.
42-107640, N1502, crashed and dest. near Marion OH, 1959.
41-35542, N501T, struck-off USCR, 1965.
41-35541, N75072, struck-off USCR, 1965.
41-35373, NL1500M, C. Orr W. Simmons: sale not completed 1949
All just extracts from the 5th Ed of the
Warbird Directory*.
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