Current status of Swamp Ghost???

[mustangdriver]

It's happened before. Someone who stole the control yokes out of the Memphis Belle when it was on display in Memphis felt bad about it later, and mailed the yokes back to Robert Morgan. Linda Morgan gave them to the museum to be installed in the restoration.

[tulsaboy]

Django,

There are some pretty significant B-24 remains there, if several websites are to be believed. There are some photos floating around (I think I posted a few of them a while back.) The Australian B-24M has received some major parts from some of the wrecks in PNG.

kevin

[Django]

Kevin, you're making my heart go pitter patter.

[Pat Carry]

I have heard that the B-17G that is going to the NASM may or may not be Shoo Shoo baby. Just because it was in print a few places doesn't mean it is set in stone. Some consideration was given to bringing in one of the b-17's on ot door static display to the NASM. I am all for that route. I would love to see the Tulare B-17 go there or even the F model on outdoor display. I just love Shoo Shoo Baby, and hate to see it go. I just would love to see the Belle Swoose and SSB together

Chris, If Shoo Shoo Baby does depart for the NASM, maybe the NMUSAF should bring the Tulare plane to Dayton!

[tulsaboy]

Django-
Pulse check!

Hee hee!!!

kevin

[Warbird Kid]

I've seen pics of that Liberator before. She looks worse every time. If only someone rescued her back in the 70's.

I really hope there are a few B-24's still left to salvage out there or anywhere for that matter.

[tulsaboy]

Warbird Kid-

That's actually THREE different libs. And there are more out there...

kevin

[Warbird Kid]

I excitedly stand corrected!

Im assuming to try and recover these B-24's today would be no small monetary amount as well as red tape out the wazoo.

[Django]

Now why are "we" wasting time worrying over a B-17 when there are 3 B-24s that need saving!

[Mark_Pilkington]

Now why are "we" wasting time worrying over a B-17 when there are 3 B-24s that need saving!

I think there are even more than 3 substantial B-24 wrecks, including a rare B24-D? glass house nose, if it hasnt been scrapped by the locals?

Although most US collectors involved with PNG in the past have focused on recovering wrecks to restore to flying condition perhaps there is a possibility now of a large volunteer museum (Yankee Air Museum??) recovering the best of these B-24 wrecks to create a complete static display example in the US and a restored cockpit / fuselage section for return to PNG?, reproducing the effort undertaken on the RAAF Liberator at Werribee?

Another hope is that Japanese museums or collectors might recover some of the surviving Betty, Sally, Helen etc wrecks to restore for static display in Japan before all those are lost to scrapping too and the types are officially extinct, again with restoration of a cockpit/fuselage or complete example back to PNG?

regards

Mark Pilkington

[RyanShort1]

It would appear that the bird has flown the coup - from this post:
http://euraliapaine.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... -sale.html


Ryan