Hi as you can see from the early photos the A25-A has came along way to becoming the soul surviver of over 900 built and only one of now 6 remaining helldivers ,also the oldest of the bunch!!photo #4 shows our vertical/horizonal tail surfaces, its now bolted on along with both wings that were recovered from their 1944 resting place.Whats not in the photo of it coming out of the lake was recovered from the Utah crash site! As you can see with time and money such rare a/c can be returned for our viewing pleasure
There are many many more a/c out there in much better condition than what this a/c was built from ,but many of the uneducated folks in the position of historic preservation feel that a/c like this are far too gone for restoration.They feel that they should be left in their resting place of the last 60 plus years,this keeps all but the most die hard a/c nuts from ever seeing these rare survivers of the greatest battle on earth!!Those with the ambition to hike,dive, or fly into these sites risk not only life and limb but also can face arrest from the same people that are responsible for there safekeeping!! This type of thinking will rob all of our future generations from seeing some of the most increadible a/c ever designed. we only need to look at the many ultra rare Japanese a/c that only survive in their jungle settings were you may lose your head/ life just too make a visit!!They soon will be gone forever
please if you read these posts and you are in the position to make a difference in the future preservation of these rare and historic articals please contact me at Helldivers @ aol.com or feel free to post your views for all to read.We need to make changer now !!Thanks Mike