Anyone with the latest on this?
Interesting comment from another website (
http://www.indianamilitary.org). Along with the recent B-25c in SC recovered from Lake Murray, it appears that bodies of water are the last frontier in recovering "accessible" wrecks
Quote:
Wolfgang Falch, owner of Sandy Air Corp. near Innsbruck, Austria, said while he thinks the plane will be available for sale, the price is likely to be in excess of $1.5 million. "It will be a good contribution to the Warbirds' scene," Falch said. EAA Warbirds of America is a nonprofit group that boosts restoration and safe flying of old military aircraft. But Falch added he has photographs of two P-47s his company has located at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea that could be "aesthetically restored" for much less. That might work for Evansville, where efforts to get a display-worthy P-47 began more than two decades ago. The planes in the Mediterranean are "covered with shells, but with good structures," Falch said. Serial numbers on the submerged World War II planes will be unavailable until they are raised, so it is unknown if either was built - as was the "Dottie Mae" recovered last week - at Evansville's Republic Aviation plant.
regards,
t~