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Classic Wings Magazine WWII Naval Aviation Research Pacific Luftwaffe Resource Center
When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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clangjr
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One could spend a LOT of time on that site
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Cripes A Mighty wrote:
Good friend of mine works for the Norwegian Air Force Museum. And Im lucky enough to get (junk) pieces from some of these aircraft. Like the 110 that was found in a fjord with both crewmen still with the a/c.


Never heard about that one, any links or pics available?
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Since you are asking about it, here are a few old shot of CAF's He-1000. Sorry for the average quality, those were taken back in the day of slides, and then scanned with an early scanner. I never had the time to actually redo my old scans...

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Side view with bad lighting, but great silhouette:
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Closer front view showing signature assymetric glass nose:
ImageMidship 3/4 rear view from the left side:
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Rear 3/4 view from the left side:
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Close-up of the glass nose:
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Cockpit view (geee... I really have to rescan and Photoshop those !!! :? )
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View from the rear top gun placement:
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A great website. Thanks for posting it.

Some of us historians do this kind of thing in the US. It is known as "Wreckchasing" or Aircraft Accident Archaeology. I have been to dozens of WWII airplane wreck sites in remote parts of California, Utah and Arizona. And some guys leave memorials. Steve Houza of Arizona left a nice little memorial cross near the Crown King Three wreck site near Crown King, Arizona, which I visited last year. The Crown King Three are three AT-6 airplanes that crashed together on a mountain in 1944 when they failed to outclimb the terrain. The wrecks are still up there.

In the US, USAAF and USAF aircraft are salvageble, but USN aircraft are not (under most circumstances). Some USN aircraft have been salvaged in this country, but under the most extraordinary circumstances.

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