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Can't identify what plane. Can you ?

http://flickr.com/photos/amnwr/23046784/in/set-538672/

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Landing gear looks British. Couldn't be a B-18, or B-23 could it?

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My "guess" is C-47.

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Looks like c47, not sure of the paint scheme though?

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A C-47 ??

Unfortunately resolution is not that good but it looks like bomb bay doors in the belly.

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The landing gear say C-47/DC-3 to me, too.

I see both engines to the right. It looks to me like it was rolled or pushed into the ravine as scrap and picked apart in later years.

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Could be C-47 but also B-18. I know for similar image of wrecked B-18. But i could be wrong, too much images I have seen...

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With all that structure around the center section, I'd lean towards a B-18.
Did anyone look at the other photos he posted?
There a whole Japanese mini sub sitting there. Someone should rescue that!
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Difficult to tell by the size of the photo. But it appears to have bomb bay doors...more Bolo-like?

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...Alaska needs to re think their 'historic sites" policy. I'll bet there are any number of museums that would love to rescue that mini sub for display.
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B-18 to me.

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My vote is B-23. If those are bomb doors, they look pretty flat. The B-18 had a big belly.

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Definitely Douglas pedigree. Note butt joined wing outer/center section. I'm willing to bet a nickel its a B-18
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Those are really some amazing pictures. The Mini sub is truly fascinating.

Thank you Laurent for posting the link.

Oh, and I think it's a B-18. The landing gear struts on a B-18 and a C-47 are very similar, as are the wing attach points on both airplanes. What makes me think it's a B-18 over a C-47 is what appears to be a bomb bay doors, the narrowness of the fuselage, and the smashed up nose section which doesn't seem to have enough metal there for what I'd expect a C-47 to look like. The more fragile nose of the B-18, seems more appropriate.

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Looks like you'd expect to find a family of foxes or somthing living inside that Sub!

Hey Ive got a new idea for a kids show!!! :P

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