Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:15 pm
Anyone have a clue to what B-26 this is? It looks as if they are in the process of recovery. Article doesn't give much clue. Sorry for the over-sized pic.
From: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/09/outsiders_join_search_for_amer.html
From: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/09/outsiders_join_search_for_amer.html
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:51 pm
This one I think
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-26/40-1496.html
Been discussed here before if you can be bothered doing a search
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-26/40-1496.html
Been discussed here before if you can be bothered doing a search
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:59 pm
its near black cat, but justin taylan has been there so its unfortunately too hard to recover now
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:05 pm
How cool is that! Finally a buried aircraft story with some hard physical evidence.
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:21 pm
the ground must have a high "water table"!!
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:15 pm
Pat Carry wrote:How cool is that! Finally a buried aircraft story with some hard physical evidence.
That's exactly what I was thinking, lol. sure would be nice if it was excavated, preserved, and displayed somewhere.
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:43 pm
Whoa!!!! What a great find !!!
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:37 am
Lt Hatch put "DIXIE" down in a river bed. It has silted up in the 70 years since. When JPAC first visited, only the tail fin and 250CE were above the mud. It's no where near Black Cat (which is in the mountains). And it was dug out by the villagers for JT to take the picture.
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:25 am
43-2195 wrote:Lt Hatch put "DIXIE" down in a river bed. It has silted up in the 70 years since. When JPAC first visited, only the tail fin and 250CE were above the mud. It's no where near Black Cat (which is in the mountains). And it was dug out by the villagers for JT to take the picture.
I'm sure that he told them that it was worth $20 Million also.
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:51 am
DaveM2,
This subject has been discussed before, but I don't recall seeing that image of
the B-26 unearthed like that. Be a little easy on the guy!
Jerry
This subject has been discussed before, but I don't recall seeing that image of
the B-26 unearthed like that. Be a little easy on the guy!
Jerry
Re: Substantial B-26 Marauder remains, New Guinea
Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:23 am
Jerry O'Neill wrote:DaveM2,
This subject has been discussed before, but I don't recall seeing that image of
the B-26 unearthed like that. Be a little easy on the guy!
Jerry
Jerry
Oh, I didn't mean anything by it - more that it is quite a chore to search...
Dave