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Warbird Kid
 Post subject: B-24/LB-30 in Alaska?
PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:55 am 
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I remember a few years back finding a somewhat newer picture (80's to 90's) online of what seemed to be a stricken B-24/LB-30 on the top of a snowy remote airstrip, possibly in Alaska? Since then i dont remember the
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I was wondering if anybody had any info on this particular a/c?
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Could be this one...

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b24registry/lb30-al557.html

There are a couple of other B-24 wrecks in the Aleutians, but legal red tape and logistical difficulties have kept them from being recovered.

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That's the one... shame she's rotting away in Fort Collins in the open... it was a bad trade, but these things happen.

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If I remember I think she was in a red and white paint job. And if she's one of the most intact airframes then I'm surprised that no one is doing something with her.
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Check this thread to see more details, and before and after photos...

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8836&start=0

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Bingo thats the one! Thanks, and wow what a sad sight! If only a group like the Yankee Air Force was to get there hands on it! With the exceptional job they did on Yankee Lady I know they would do a superb job on this one.

Who is the owner, and if he is doing nothing with the a/c why doesn't he sell it?
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