Pacific wrecks you would like to see recovered

PbyCat-Guy · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:48 pm

Nathan wrote:

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/pby/A24-69.html

Any one have photos of the wreck of this Cat?

262crew · **Joined:** Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 877

How about Pacific north west wrecks? There are a few.

PB4Y-2 Privateer, #59695

PBM-5 Mariner

There are a number of Corsairs in Lake Washington

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon

A non Pacific wreck I'd like to see saved is the AR 234 located at Pax river Maryland

Hal B · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:26 pm

Swamp Ghost!!!

Kaigun Fan · **Joined:** Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:20 am **Posts:** 174

One of those "Betty" bombers & Irvings (Gekko) fighters that are SADLY sitting rotting away as "tourist attractions."

There is only one unrestored Betty in CA., not even one in Japan any my friend Harada-san has wanted a complete restorable example for many years now.

Ron

Edward Sheetmetalhands · **Joined:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:44 am **Posts:** 257

All of the B-29's that crashed in the waters just off the Marianas.

Tim L · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:04 pm

Isn't there a B-32 Dominator off one of those islands?

Tim

Hellcat · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:06 pm

All the aircraft sitting at the bottom of Bikini Atoll ... How many? ... not sure, but I have seen a nice underwater photo of an SB2C

ZRX61 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am **Posts:** 2309

How about the USS Saratoga & the Prinz Eugen? :wink:

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:41 pm

a japanese tony fighter & a pete float plane......... i even sent my wish to both santa & hannukah harry too!!!

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

My number one pick would be a TBD since there are none around. Second would be any and all Japanese airframes since they are so poorly represented in museums or private collections. For rarity, I would love to see a Kate, Mavis, and Dinah recovered and restored. There is still a significant amount of Japanese airframes out there, but very soon they will be about worthless, maybe not even good for patterns.

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

Tim L wrote:

Isn't there a B-32 Dominator off one of those islands?

Tim

Yea, if you consider the Moon an island!

BigGrey · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:52 pm

How about all the crates of new aircraft dumped off Australia. :wink:

Les

Curtis Block · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:01 am

I'm kind of partial to this one.

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15196&highlight=a5m

It'll never happen though.

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

BigGrey wrote:

How about all the crates of new aircraft dumped off Australia. :wink:

Les

There was a thread about that here on WIX some years back. I don't have the link, you can probably search for it. The basic jist was that at least one recovery was accomplished, but they were found to be in EXTREMELY poor condition. On one of the aircraft they found (Corsair?), the aluminum was in such bad shape, it was as pliable as wet, soggy cardboard. I think most people have given up on the idea of recovering from that location, as the aircraft are most likely all junk now, probably not even good for patterns.

JDK · **Posted:** Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:13 am

BigGrey wrote:

How about all the crates of new aircraft dumped off Australia. :wink:

They've been checked. Fzzzzzzzz.

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