44-73458 / P-51D-25NA Galveston Gal ever recovered ?

Speeddemon651 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:03 pm **Posts:** 235

I was curious if any of 44-73458 / P-51D-25NA Galveston Gal was ever recovered ?

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2013/10 ... north.html

Accident Report
http://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/hitli ... 05823EE0E9 (.pdf's at bottom of page)

Lon Moer · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:48 pm

mike furline wrote:

http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2013/10/photos-crews-recover-wreckage-of-north.html

Accident Report
http://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/hitli ... 05823EE0E9 (.pdf's at bottom of page)

Quote:

The airplane fragmented upon impact with the water. The engine, propeller, both wings, pieces of the fuselage, and a majority of the empennage were recovered; the remainder of the wreckage was not recovered.

marine air · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:59 pm

It would be a high priority to A) recover the bodies B) recover as much as possible of the components for the FAA's accident investigation. I did read where the P-40 that crashed in the Atlantic a few years ago was not recovered.

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:12 am

marine air wrote:

It would be a high priority to A) recover the bodies B) recover as much as possible of the components for the FAA's accident investigation. I did read where the P-40 that crashed in the Atlantic a few years ago was not recovered.

Yeah, such a shame.

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