Brewster Buccaneer Photo

[a4gturn]

Here goes. If it dosen't happen, I'll keep strugglin'. That's the kinda guy I am....

[JDK]

It's there - great.

And - it's climbing! Wow! Who said that couldn't be done?

[CWBuff]

Gorgeous... thanks muchly... more please!


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[Steve Nelson]

Gorgeous pic!

As you mentioned, the markings are the same as the aircraft recently put on display at Pensacola. Anybody know if it could be the same aircraft? For that matter, how much of the museum's Buccaneer is original and how much is reproduction?

SN

[Junkyard36]

Thanks for the pic! I have always been intrigued with the Buccaneer.

To pile on with a previous question:

Anybody know if it could be the same aircraft? For that matter, how much of the museum's Buccaneer is original and how much is reproduction?

Anyone know if there are other Buccaneers still extant or under restoration?

[Dan K]

Mike,

I would suggest searching through this thread from a few moons ago. It begins with an A-25, but takes a detour into the SB2A. I think it will answer your question about known remains.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... =buccaneer

[Junkyard36]

Thanks Dan!

[Russ Matthews]

Anybody know if it could be the same aircraft?

When I visited the restoration shop in Pensacola about three years ago, I was told that their "Buccaneer" had started life as a Brewster "Bermuda" (the British designation for the export version of the SB2A).

I believe it was one of several airframes removed from an old training field in Tullahoma, TN (one of which may still be there -- and several others which could be in Pima now).

Maybe someone else has additional info...

[Jiggersfromsphilly]

The Bermuda was transfered to NAS. Johnsville in Warminster PA. This was some time in the late 80s I believe. Retirees from Brewster were in the process of restoring it and it was about 75 to 80 percent done , when the Navy swooped in and took it to Pensacola.

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Thanks for posting this one

....I don't think I ever saw a photo of one in flight before....

Paul

[RMAllnutt]

The remaining SB2A airframe at Tullahoma was sacrificed to put a few more pieces into the aircraft on display at Pensacola... a small box of surplus parts were shipped to the other example at Pima, and the rest was scrapped. It was a very battered airframe, but I think that it is sad that it couldn't have been preserved. The example now on display is beautiful though, and we should all be very happy by the workmanship and efforts by the Navy museum, and the volunteers that worked so hard on it at Johnsville too (who did the really heavy grunt work on her).

Cheers,
Richard

[Jiggersfromsphilly]

The volunteers at Johnsville (by the way they prefer the name of Johnsville rather than Warminster) were the guys who built the originals and they have all sorts of great stories about the goof offs who built some of the planes.