mexico city b25s, where are they now?

[camshaw]

I heard a while back the b25s that were sitting in the local park were to be brought back to the states? Is this baloney or nonsense or fact? anybody know there where abouts these days? thanks....cam

[zorro9]

camshaw:

At least one of them was rescued fm a park near Mexixo City c. 2010-11. Then it was xfer to a Mexican AB for restoration.

p.s I believe there was a previous thread on them on Wix.

[DaveG]

camshaw:

p.s I believe there was a previous thread on them on Wix.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49630

[cooper9411]

There was rumors swirling around awhile back that they and been scrapped! Don't know if there is any truth to the rumors or not.

[DaveM2]

No truth-they are at a Mexican AFB, one restoration nearly completed. Hope to have the story in the next CW

[JohnB]

While we're on the subject of Mexico City warbirds...whatever became of the Mosquito that was down there and eventually crumbled away.
Were any parts saved...it might be nice to know since you can build a new Mossie with a few old metal bits.

[camshaw]

No truth-they are at a Mexican AFB, one restoration nearly completed. Hope to have the story in the next CW

so the cartel restores warbirds now, how cool!............lol

[Chris Brame]

While we're on the subject of Mexico City warbirds...whatever became of the Mosquito that was down there and eventually crumbled away.
Were any parts saved...it might be nice to know since you can build a new Mossie with a few old metal bits.

Yes, although it's been a while:
http://www.mossie.org/TA717.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=6nbDN5 ... 22&f=false

Note in the 1979 photos the cowlings had been replaced with corrugated metal, although in the October 1974 Air Classics article they were intact.

[tom d. friedman]

their engines are probably warming up w/the bomb bays full of weed!! the u.s. dept of immigration / homeland security is impotent.

[CoastieJohn]

A touch of topic but still "south of the border".....

I was looking around last night (Wiki) and seen there is (was) a museum in Havana, Cuba that has an A-26 and a P-51. The museum was closed in 2010 for some reason and the aircraft moved to a nearby air force base. There was no other info besides that. I have not read anything on here about that museum nor it's contents.

[bdk]

There was a Sea Fury on display in Cuba also. It might have been in a plaza though as opposed to a museum.

[Warbird Kid]

Getting on the topic of just *Warbirds South of the Border* I found this B-25 in Venezuela at the Jacinto Lara International Airport in Barquisimeto


Looks like it's kept company by an F-86D and an F-5.

[zorro9]

The B-25 near Mexico City c. 1970s. Reg XL-7? Photo Via AEC.

[CoastieJohn]

Seen the below on Aerovintage. Seems a few of B-25's found their way into the Caribbean and Mexico.

Unknown B-25 crash at Kingston Jamaica?

Postby Coert Munk » Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:53 am

Hi all,

Our B-25 PH-XXV (44-29507, ex N320SQ etc) landed in August 1964 at Kingston Jamaica with a problem in the exhaust manifold. In the story that was written on that flight, the following is indicated: "A B-25 two months before us had similar trouble but was not so lucky. It caught fire and had to land at Kingston, a total loss". That must have been somewhere in May-June-July 1964.
Question is very simple? What's the ID of this crashed B-25? The NTSB database reports several B-25 mishaps in the sixties, but not at Kingston Jamaica.

All the best,

Coert

[george]

Its interesting that so many Billys ended up "south of the border".