Warbird Information Exchange

For starters I'd like to see:

Photos taken of the P-51D's awaiting bid sale as they sat at McClellan AFB in 1957/1958. Did anyone stroll down the rows with camera in hand?

Any Tigercat surplus yard. Were they all sold out of Litchfield Park, AZ?

The wreckage, if any big pieces remained, of P-61B-1, N30020, 42-39419 that crashed August 23, 1963 southeast of Porterville, CA killing veteran 421st NFS pilot Robert E. Savaria.

A photo showing what the Darryl Greenamyer/then Larry Havens P-63 N9009 looked like BEFORE the racer project was first started? Is there a proverbial shot of it being "dragged home" on a trailer? How about a photo of what was pulled out of the ocean after its loss?

Craig's AT-21 42-48053 (see today's Fairchild AT-21 thread)

A P-43 with a civil N#.

The BT-13/15 that sat for years (as late as 1968) in a hangar in Silverton, OR.

Last but not least...Mr. A.J. Kazyak's fabled XP-51J being trucked home from the Maryland estate sale.

The CIA On-Mark Invader (possibly N800V) stored at Norton AFB until 1971.

On-Mark A-26 N190M in the colors of "Snow Queen" before it's crash shortly after take-off at Paris, TX in 1985.

LeTourneau A-26 N115RG during its alledged stay at the Museu de Armas e Veiculos in Bebedouro in Brazil.

Color photos of some of the post-war Cleveland racers. J.D. Reed's P-38 N4530N "The Hornet", Jack Woolams P-39 N92847 "Cobra I", Rex Mays P-38 N9957F "MacMillan Meteor" are some that comes to mind.

P-51D N8678E in black paint job while being worked on for owner Jim Streit at Gillespie Field, CA in 1962-3.

P-51D N5484V before it took out two cars on landing in Sep. 62.

P-51D N5071K before crashing in Nov. 61.

P-51D XB-FAN after it was exported to Mexico. Anyone with a clue as to who owned it?

P-61 N5094V owned by Steward-Davis.

Any of the civilian B-26 Marauders N1500M, N1501M later N1502, N1501, N75072, N171E, and XB-PEX.

Bill Fornof's first F8F-2 (N1032B) which crashed and burned in the early 60s.

Jack Ingram's pair of B-24 Liberators (N79426 and 79429).

T J

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B-24J XB-KUN (Pedro Infante's last ride).
B-25J N9622C in the "Gail Burchard Mobile Homes" markings (in color).

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Civil War stuff I'd like to see...

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Zane Adams
There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.
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