sandiego89 wrote:
Still hoping for a Stuka.....
As has been mentioned here in the past, and in some select publications, Paul Allen/the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum is said to own Ju 87R-2 WkNr. 0875709, which was recovered in Russia near Murmansk in 1998, where it had gone down in 1942. FHCAM has openly requested any/all original engineering drawings and manuals pertaining to both the Stuka and the Jumo 211 engine. A few years ago, the original and complete Stuka at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, which also just happens to be a Ju 87R-2 variant as well, was lowered to the floor and 3D-scanned - the reason for which wasn't really revealed, and it has been believed that the work, at least in-part, was to benefit the restoration of the FHCAM Stuka. Also, a Jumo 211D (proper for the Stuka/a non-fighter type) engine was photographed in recent years undergoing overhaul/rebuild at Mike Nixon's Vintage V-12's shop. Although as far as I know nothing has been reported on as to its whereabouts, I wouldn't be surprised if the aircraft is in the same hands as those who restored FHCAM's Il-2 in Russia (at least that would be my guess). This sort of limited information/circumstantial evidence was all there was to find about FHCAM's Il-2 as well, back when it was under restoration, until the moment they let the news break that it had flown.