Willow Run B-24
Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:50 pm
Is the Yankee museum looking for a Willow Run Built B-24??????? I see in the photo album posted of the van that they are collecting B-24 parts??? Just wondering.......................is their a finder fee????:)
Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:12 pm
Oh good grief yes...that's been YAM's "holy grail" for eons. It's wrenching to read the India section of the early editions of Leslie Hunt's "Veteran and Vintage Aircraft" surveys...about a dozen recently-retired coastal patrol B-24J/L/M (ex RAF Liberator VIII) types, there for the taking, more or less, but nobody wanted them...Three or four had gone to museums already (eg. Cosford; Pima; Rockcliffe) and one would go to the IAF museum; one last one would surface later on and eventually become CF's superb "Witchcraft"; but the rest...irretrievably gone. One of those sad "if onlys" made even more dismaying by its relative recency. If Yankee are actively looking for a Lib now, good for them, and I earnestly hope they finally find one!
S.
S.
Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:19 pm
Steve T wrote:Oh good grief yes...that's been YAM's "holy grail" for eons. It's wrenching to read the India section of the early editions of Leslie Hunt's "Veteran and Vintage Aircraft" surveys...about a dozen recently-retired coastal patrol B-24J/L/M (ex RAF Liberator VIII) types, there for the taking, more or less, but nobody wanted them...Three or four had gone to museums already (eg. Cosford; Pima; Rockcliffe) and one would go to the IAF museum; one last one would surface later on and eventually become CF's superb "Witchcraft"; but the rest...irretrievably gone. One of those sad "if onlys" made even more dismaying by its relative recency. If Yankee are actively looking for a Lib now, good for them, and I earnestly hope they finally find one!
S.
How about parts to one???? Maybe a Major assembly???
Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:29 pm
If you something of interest, log on to www.yankeeairmuseum.org and go to the contact us section. E-mail to ernie should do the trick. Thanks JOE
Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:32 pm
A Willow Run built wing section! There is the other side not too far from this one!
Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:42 pm
As of right now the only group I know of thats actively trying to get a Liberator back in the air! I for one hope they make it come true! 
N3N! Where is that rare and sought after center section?!
N3N! Where is that rare and sought after center section?!
Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:01 am
If you looking for pieces...
This one's @ 10,000 ft...I don't think it is available but...
This one's @ 10,000 ft...I don't think it is available but...
Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:52 pm
N3Njeff wrote:A Willow Run built wing section! There is the other side not too far from this one!
Where is that?
Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:48 pm
Vermont
Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:06 pm
Oh c’mon! That’s close! Close enough for me! I mean heck, its New England! The entire area makes up Montana!
So where’s the treasure to be found N3NJeff?
So where’s the treasure to be found N3NJeff?
Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:45 pm
Whatever happened? These parts still out there?
Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:30 pm
seabee1526 wrote:Whatever happened? These parts still out there?
The Vermont airplane is still there. Just had the Anniversary of the crash.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/arti ... 2/91016003