P-39 recoveries in Canada

[L. Thompson]

The advertisement below is from the EAA Warbirds magazine June 1996 page 36. Did anything ever become of this?



Also, what became of the P-39Q, 44-2485, that Gary Larkins and crew recovered from Carpenter Lake, British Columbia in July 1990? It had force landed on the frozen lake on 6 December 1943.

A Dave Tallichet team recovered another P-39, an N-model, 42-9311, from a crash site near Fort Nelson, BC, in November 1971. Where is it now.

Was one of these the P-39 I photographed below at Tillamook Air Museum in about 2002?

[M MAKI]

Somebody tell me more ! I travel Western Canada constantly. I will be in Calgary this coming Monday. I may have to go snoop.
I have heard many rumours about crashed warbirds around FT. Nelson B.C. Our company has a location there. If I could narrow down some locations I would be more than willing to get some pictures.

[GARY HILTON]

Tallichett had two P-39's at a small grass strip in Tulsa, Ok. back in the early 80's...along with a Spitfire, P-38, P-47....Was told that both P-39's came from Canadian NW, about the same time the Martins were recovered...
Would be nice to find out the location of them.

[Hal B]

The -39 located at Tillamook was the one that came out of Carpenter Lake. Someone said that they didn't see it when the toured the collection recently, so don't know it's present status.