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Our current C-54D 43-17228 is flying with the left horizontal stablilzer from C-54E 44-9144.

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C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" 43-17228
C-97 "Angel of Deliverance" 52-2718 (painted as YC-97A 45-59595)
C-54E/R5D-4 "Spirit of Freedom" 44-9144 BuNo 90414 (wfu April/2020)
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org

Scanned the article about the B-25 mentioned in the first post:



(Source: “One from Two,” North American Skyline, December 1943, 6-7, 32.)

Here are higher resolution copies of the above:

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Interesting - don't know where the two plane numbers came from; "577" and "1046" don't seem to tie into any early B-25 serials or c/ns. Checking the AAIR database, the only landing accident in December 1942 involving a B-25 in Alaska was B-25D 41-29752 on December 16th - but that was at Fort Glenn, almost 800 miles from Nome. "1046" is possibly B-25C 42-32253 which was listed as being in a takeoff accident at Ladd Field in Fairbanks on March 23, 1943.
Any B-25 experts care to chime in?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Theres the recovery of Basler Turbo DC-3 "Lidia" as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn8OTFUBMrE

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C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" 43-17228
C-97 "Angel of Deliverance" 52-2718 (painted as YC-97A 45-59595)
C-54E/R5D-4 "Spirit of Freedom" 44-9144 BuNo 90414 (wfu April/2020)
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org

Ozark Airlines DC-9 N994Z had the right wing sheared off on landing in South Dakota after hitting a snow plow. The wing was replaced with the wing from Air Canada DC-9 C-FTLU which had an in-flight fire and killed half of the passengers on board after landing, including folk singer Stan Rogers.

At least three C-17s have undergone major repairs in the field to get them into ferriable condition to return stateside for permanent repairs. Luckily new production parts, originally destined for a different (new) C-17 could be made available to effect the permanent repairs, a possibility that no longer exists.

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1014341 (ran off the runway)
http://iasa-intl.com/folders/belfast/C1 ... Bagram.htm (gear-up)

Wow! What an incredible effort! Thanks for sharing!

Interestingly, that's actually the second cargo plane dug out of the snow after spending months in Antarctica following a crash. An LC-130, BuNo 148321, which crashed in 1971, was flown out in 1988.[1][2] Along with Glacier Girl, My Gal Sal, and Kee Bird, it's amazing what you can recover (or almost recover) from the frozen wastes.

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then there was the Thrasher brothers,
[youtube]https://youtu.be/vWaQeYdAsrI?t=56[/youtube]

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Unlimited class air racer Precious Metal was built from at least three major airframes.

The cockpit section came from Hollywood, where it had been used on a sound stage for TV shows for years. The wings were an almost new build from an aircraft that ended up as a gate guard somewhere in South America. The empanauge is from an "H" model and was mated to the rest of the "D" model airframe parts. Then, or course, there is the engine- a Rolls Griffon from a Shackelton that had been modded and raced in the Miss Budweiser Unlimited Hydrofoil boats.

There is also a great deal of confusion about this aircraft, which seemingly was on purpose from the folks that built it. I've spoken to two of the owners to have the most clear picture of the details. Not to mention a number of years of turning wrenches on her before the ground fire. If/ when she ever comes back, lord only knows how many other aircraft will donate to her.....

During the mission of 15th October 1944, Little Miss Mischief was seriously damaged by flak on approach to the target, tearing open a large hole in the left waist and almost cutting the aircraft in two.



Following return to Bassingbourn the relatively undamaged front of the aircraft was joined with the rear portion of "Wallaroo Mark II" (42-31405, a B-17G of 303BG), which had crash landed on a non-combat flight on 7th August and been declared salvage. Parts of 13 other aircraft were also used in the repair.


This had a silver front and olive drab rear and flew another 29 missions before crashing landing on 4 April 1945. Repair work began, but the war ended in the following month.


Taken from here- http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e ... =78&id=132

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When I get my B-17, it is SO gonna get painted as Little Miss Mischief!!

Only the PE-1 (which was made from N6167U) and the PE-2 originated as Mustang airframes. The PA-48s were new build.

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According to its official records from the FAA archives in Oklahoma City, Grumman G-21A serial no. B-86, currently owned by the Collings Foundation and registered as N985R,was first registered as a civilian model G-21A in April 1951 after it, or rather just its "damaged hull" was bought as military scrap/surplus by Bob Ellis of Ellis Airlines in Ketchikan, AK from the Coast Guard Detachment at Annette Island, AK for $230.00.

More than 3 years passed during which it was repaired and rebuilt as an "aircraft assembled from spare parts. See drawings for repair to fuselage and wings" before it was issued a new Certificate of Airworthiness on June 9, 1954.

The fact that it was subsequently identified as G-21A serial no. B-86 seems almost arbitrary, but there is no official record of the source of, i.e. from which other Goose aircraft came, the other parts that were used. Except that the same ACA Form 337 documenting its RTS also notes that "Engine # 24747 was removed from N79901 Left High Oil Consumpt. Blower rebuilt Ellis Purchase Order 7011 and installed on this aircraft."

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In somewhat the same vein as the DC-2 1/2 mentioned in a previous post, a company called Rausch Aviation attached the empennage of a Lodestar, msn 2095, N94538, to an AT-18 Hudson, msn 7463, NC33367, to create the "Hudstar".[1]

In another case involving Lockheed Constellations:

(Source: Wikipedia)

This wasn't the first time a Constellation would be heavily modified. The prototype L-049, 43-10309, NX25800/NX6700, was stretched into the prototype L-1049.[2] Lockheed also converted an F-80A, 48-356, into the prototype for the T-33, F-94A, F-94B and F-94C.[3][4]

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I don't think any photos exist, but it has been documented in several books including Bartsch's Doomed At The Start that a P-40B on Bataan in the Philippines was rebuilt using a wing from a P-40E and named the P-40 Something.