D3A1 Wreck

[RTY1941]

Are there any D3A1 Model 11 Wreck ? (PS:Not D3A2 Model 22) I have found one in the Pacific Wrecks http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/d3a2/maluu.html , but it don,t have photos of it , Can some one give me some information of it ?

[The Inspector]

Didn't someone drag one out about 45 years ago? Seem to remember an article and pictures about it and either an SBD or F6F both being found and recovered.

[warbird1]

Didn't someone drag one out about 45 years ago? Seem to remember an article and pictures about it and either an SBD or F6F both being found and recovered.

Deimert recovered one from Ballale in '68. That's the one that is now at the POF.

[Steve Nelson]

I believe the Diemert/POF Val is a D3A2. At least photos of it after "restoration" show the longer canopy of the later model. Of course it also had a B-25 QEC and a Harvard tail, so who knows?

SN

[RTY1941]

Ya the Planes of Flame one is a D3A2

[warbird1]

Yea, you're right guys, I stand corrected.

[old iron]

This Val was originally at the (now called) Canadian Air and Space Museum in Rockcliff, near Ottawa, Ontario, before being traded to PoF for a Sikorsky R-4B helicopter. The reason that the Canadians gave up this Val, besides their desire for an R-4, was that the Val was far from being original. The plane is quite a marriage or American-made engine, cowling and various other parts. Apparently many of Bob Diemert's 1960s era restorations were very far from modern - or maybe even contemprary - standards.

[warbird1]

This Val was originally at the (now called) Canadian Air and Space Museum in Rockcliff, near Ottawa, Ontario, before being traded to PoF for a Sikorsky R-4B helicopter. The reason that the Canadians gave up this Val, besides their desire for an R-4, was that the Val was far from being original. The plane is quite a marriage or American-made engine, cowling and various other parts. Apparently many of Bob Diemert's 1960s era restorations were very far from modern - or maybe even contemprary - standards.

Understatement of the year! All 3 of Diemert's Japanese "airworthy" (and I use the term loosely) restorations were grounded after being sold to other parties.