Warbird Information Exchange

What a fantastic piece of history!

Neat, but from the description it sounds like there's really nothing left of the original plane.

Neat stuff. I believe there is a Taylorcraft at the museum on Ford Island. It was one the island on Dec 7, but not sure if it was airborne. When I was writing about Jim Beasley's L-4, I read that a pair of J-3s were shot down as well and washed up on shore a week or so later.

Chappie

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Brrring. Dispersal? TWO SECTIONS SCRAMBLE!!

The two CUBs that were shot down...one washed ashore.
Crews from both are still MIA.

The "Taylorcraft" in the Pacific Aviation Museum is really an Aeronca flown by Lawyer Roy Vitousek INTO a flight of Soryu B5N torpedo aircraft AFTER they had launched their munitions.

That is pretty good Dec 7th history.

The current U.S. dollar price has it at $199,025 plus that pesky 5% VAT in addition to any US taxes/fees/duties should it be imported back here.

This topic's survivor is the wingman to the first plane shot down...which is STILL unknown. We suspect that unknown plane was an Andrew Flying Service airframe. We seek contact with the Olin V Andrew family (Washington or Oregon area) to find more info on the type plane and N-number. Guidance is appreciated.

Another mystery...
The FIRST plane attacked that morning was an Aeronca marked N33838. This plane has been traced to a sale in 1980 and its move to El Paso, Texas, where it disappeared from the FAA registry. Guidance to its location is appreciated.

Cheers,
David Aiken