JDK's pointless quiz No.6,095(b)

[JDK]

OK, Time for a bit of pointless fun.

Where are these bits of a U.S. built W.W.II bomber, and what aircraft type was it?

We are lucky that there is one complete survivor in a US museum, but AFAIK, these are the largest other remnants surviving.

The two photos are of the bits. We have one gear and a wing.





Some clues?

It's American.

It was used by someone else.

It crashed a long way away, shot down, I believe, by the enemy, and is a long way from the crash site today.

It was a trendsetting US design when it was new.

Despite the visible B-24 drawing and HP Halifax model, it's not where you might at first think it is, and it has nothing much in common with them.



The prize is a warm feeling of smugness...

[lmritger]

Martin B-10? The strut above looks like the drag strut in this photo...



Lynn

[TAdan]

Going with the clues given I was also going to guess B-10...

Please tell us more JDK.

[JDK]

Geeze, you are GOOD, lmritger.

Correct.

Can you complete the quiz? (Where & what's the story?)

[lmritger]

Thanks James... never mess with a modeler!

As to story and location, I would hazard a guess that this would be a remnant from either a Dutch B-339 from the NEIAF or a Thai example, but am not certain by any means. I'd be interested to hear the story... hint, hint!

Cheers,

Lynn

[JDK]

Good man...



Wiki can be your friend:

Survivors
The only known B-10 to still be intact is at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. The aircraft on display is painted as a B-10 used in the 1934 Alaskan Flight. It was an export version sold to Argentina in 1938 and donated by the Government of Argentina to the U.S. Government for display in the museum in 1970. It was restored by the 96th Maintenance Squadron (Mobile), Air Force Reserve, at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, in 1973-1976. [2]

Various parts of crashed B-10s, such as turrets and wings, were retrieved from the jungle of Borneo and are now on display in the Militaire-Luchtvaartmuseum (Military Aviation Museum) at Soesterberg, the Netherlands.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_B-10#Survivors

http://www.militaireluchtvaartmuseum.nl/

I thought that one was tough. I'll have to see what we can come up with next!

[Dennis Bergstrom]

Since I visited this excellent museum in April (2007) and took many pictures, I knew where it was as soon as I saw the wing and the viewing windows. But I couldn't remember what aircraft it was. IIRC the signs at the exhibit were only in Dutch. Thanks for the reminder, JDK.

Dennis

[JDK]

Since I visited this excellent museum in April (2007) and took many pictures, I knew where it was as soon as I saw the wing and the viewing windows. But I couldn't remember what aircraft it was.

Heh. Been there too. Just like remembering where the photo is or was of!