Romania wreck recoveries, other questions

[L. Thompson]

My oldest son will spend 7-8 weeks this summer in and around Brasov, Romania. Several questions come to mind.

Are there any warbirds to see there in Brasov or close by? A friend who was in the country several years ago said there are many An-2's, and lots of jet stuff sitting around derelict in the country.

Have there been any recoveries of wrecked WWII aircraft? Anything at all found at crash sites of B-17s or B-24's?

Are the two replica IAR 80's at the Muzeul Aviatiei & Muzeul Militar National in Bucharest near the airport (where the international airlines fly in). I know he would have interest in seeing them. Are these replicas built up from partial recovered real IAR 80 or 81 aircraft?

Thanks for any info!

[Dave Smith]

It would be worth joining this Romanian aviation/military history forum and posting the question on there. The forum rule is that all posts should be in English and they are pretty good at it! They are a friendly bunch and I'm sure they will help with info. I was in Bucharest a couple of years ago and can recommend the small aviation museum there. Strange and rather chilling to see street signs pointing the way to Ploiesti ...

http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php ... howforum=2

[Django]

To go that far, how difficult would it be to go to Turkey to see the Ploesti surivor B-24?

[Dave Smith]

The nose section of Hadley's Harem is in a museum in Istanbul. Looking on Tripadvisor, it's about 17 hours by train from Brasov via Bucharest to Istanbul. For about 200 Euros return you can fly Bucharest to Istanbul in an hour.

[Django]

They have more than just the nose...

If I knew I was going to be that close, I would certainly go!

[Pat Carry]

They have more than just the nose...

If I knew I was going to be that close, I would certainly go!

Got to be one of the most important pieces of WW2 avaition left in the world today!

[Dave Smith]

Wow! I didn't know they had that much of it. Photos on the museum site show only the nose section on display. I agree with your comment about the B-24's historical importance.

[gary1954]

That is frickin Awesome!! I would love to stand inside those remains and soak in the history of that mission. Reading the storry of that mission can put you at the scene, Gawd, what courage, I am humbled and cannot find the words to describe how much I appreciate the fighting man of that global war.