Warbird Information Exchange

SBD-5 Bu No 5525 NZ5049 of 25 Squadron based Piva Bomber strip on Bougainville on a mission to Lakunai airfield, Rabaul during April 1944.
Sister ship NZ5062 still flies with the Planes of Fame at Chino, CA.........

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Don't touch my junk!!

Great photo, Jack! I love seeing our Dauntlesses. There is another in existence, a wreck sometimes displayed in an "as-found" diorama at the RNZAF Museum. Its condition isn't even close to '62!

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Zac in NZ
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"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Thanks for sharing that photo Jack, rare to see air to air of "our' SBDs. Doubt we will ever see one in New Zealand although our Air Force Museum does have a fairly crumpled wreck of one.

Do you folks in NZ have anything interesting to trade to the US Naval Air Museum? They have a few extra Dauntlesses down in Pensacola...

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

probably not always thought someone in our Government might ask yours nicely for one since we helped you guys in the Pacific ha ha.