Warbird Information Exchange

Great pics....not so sure about the 1949 vintage B-52's though...didn't think we were that far advanced at that time period!

Basic design was set in October 1948, full size mockup was completed at Boeing in April of 1949, so not THAT far off

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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.

No B-52s retired that early.

Only 3 A Models were built.
B Models retired 1966
C Models retired 1971
D Models retired 1978-83
E Models retired 1967-70
F Models retired 1967-73

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Lightninglover

And still they remain. Thousands of World War II era vehicles are still mothballed today at “boneyards” throughout the southwestern United States.

Another classic case of a writer not letting the facts get in the way of a good story.

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do tell more please!! 1st I've heard of this!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I spy two Hobbs, NM-based B-17 trainers in the Kingman photo (H tail code).

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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)

If only that were true.

Are there any old WWII tank boneyards still around? I only ask because a long train loaded with derelict M3 Stuarts rolled through Shreveport, LA no more that 15 years ago headed west, I presumed at the time toward the desert for gunnery practice. I mean, there were a LOT of Stuarts on those flatbeds. I recall a local resident had his own Stuart valued at about $100K at the time, so of course I was perplexed how dozens upon dozens of derelict M3's could still be amassed as surplus at that late point in history.

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Didn't someone have a bunch in there collection, came from Mexico??

The Jeep picture has lots of Canadian pattern trucks in the background.

That B-52 pic is post=SALT when dismantled Buffs were laid out in a pattern to show on Ruskie satellite pics their destruction... most others are camo from Vietnam period methinks.

Great set of pics nevertheless

Brazil. Imported into the UK a few years ago and dispersed around the world.

That is extremely interesting. As far as I know there are not any WW2 tank boneyards around at least here in the USA. The only mass importation of Stuarts (M5's) was by SECO in Augusta, GA imported quite a few from Portugal in the early 1980's, I think about 100. Most of those Brazilian Stuarts (the early M3A1's) were imported to the UK about 6 years ago maybe but a fairly small number........20 or so.

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Always looking for WW2 Half-Tracks and Parts.