Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:12 am
Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:50 am
Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:19 pm
marine air wrote:It was scrapped in the Panama Canal Zone. There were once several U.S. military bases. It is probably at the bottom of a trash dump beneath decades of landfill. A starting point would be to find out what base it last was assigned to and the whereabouts of their dump.
Wikipedia wrote: In June 1945, it was ordered to be scrapped at Albrook Field in Panama, its engines and internal parts removed along with its vertical stabilizer and rudder. The remaining airframe was deposited at Diablo dump, a swampy landfill southwest of the runway, where it slowly sank from sight. Squatters built shacks on stilts in the swamp, covering the remains. The former dump is now an industrial area, with "Grandpappy" underneath.
Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:46 pm
rcaf_100 wrote:marine air wrote:It was scrapped in the Panama Canal Zone. There were once several U.S. military bases. It is probably at the bottom of a trash dump beneath decades of landfill. A starting point would be to find out what base it last was assigned to and the whereabouts of their dump.Wikipedia wrote: In June 1945, it was ordered to be scrapped at Albrook Field in Panama, its engines and internal parts removed along with its vertical stabilizer and rudder. The remaining airframe was deposited at Diablo dump, a swampy landfill southwest of the runway, where it slowly sank from sight. Squatters built shacks on stilts in the swamp, covering the remains. The former dump is now an industrial area, with "Grandpappy" underneath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_XB-15
Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:21 pm
Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:52 pm
Nathan wrote:Has there been any plans or attempts at recovering the XB-15?
Fri Jan 05, 2018 3:24 am
Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:38 am
martin_sam_2000 wrote:rcaf_100 wrote:marine air wrote:It was scrapped in the Panama Canal Zone. There were once several U.S. military bases. It is probably at the bottom of a trash dump beneath decades of landfill. A starting point would be to find out what base it last was assigned to and the whereabouts of their dump.Wikipedia wrote: In June 1945, it was ordered to be scrapped at Albrook Field in Panama, its engines and internal parts removed along with its vertical stabilizer and rudder. The remaining airframe was deposited at Diablo dump, a swampy landfill southwest of the runway, where it slowly sank from sight. Squatters built shacks on stilts in the swamp, covering the remains. The former dump is now an industrial area, with "Grandpappy" underneath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_XB-15
It would make for an interesting search mission, but like the burma spitfires, how much of that is distorted memory. Was it deposited whole and sank, or was it chopped up into smaller, truck sized peices and the dumped...and being a dump, and being mostly aluminium(engines and fittings removed) it would be difficult to find among alot of other junk.
Sean
Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:11 am
gemmer wrote:Nathan wrote:Has there been any plans or attempts at recovering the XB-15?
I'd like to see a recovery attempt of the B-17D that sank after ditching near Zamboanga on Dec 10, 1941.
Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:32 pm
Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:33 am
cwmc wrote:I think you'll find that one in nice shape at the Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks.