Tu-2 Bats

Clifford Bossie · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:06 pm

old chuck wrote:

I am an employee of War Eagles Air Museum, and would like to address the skeptical comment about the length of time it took to get to the “remote airfield” at which our Tu-2s were acquired, The place where we got the Tu-2s was NOT the “cave hangar” at the China Air Museum, which is indeed located near Beijing. The “remote airfield” with the cave in which the Tu-2s were stored is about 700 to 800 miles from Beijing. The descriptions of the lengthy train, car and jeep rides to get there are accurate, as confirmed by the two people who made the trip.

Hey pardner, it is good to see you are still alive! Are you back in town now?

old chuck · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:38 pm

Hello,Clifford.Been working weekends to fill in for some folks,That is done for a while though, The name of the town is Luzhon or Luzhong or something like that.Need to get in to the files on the aircraft to find the place.All the info is documented in the file but cant get to it now.Hope this helps.The guy in Dallas that was along cant remember eather,but knows it was 700 or 800 miles from Beijing..

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

I see a few different Luzhongs in China, so if you happen to know the province or the general direction from Beijing I would be interested to know.

rwdfresno · **Posted:** Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:45 pm

The Il-2 thread got me thinking about the Tu-2. Wasn't there a thread about these a while back that had pictures of a couple of them being loaded onto trucks and being shipped to destination unknown? It would be really interesting to see one of these take flight, they are definitely my favorite Russian aircraft of the era.

Ryan

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

rwdfresno wrote:

The Il-2 thread got me thinking about the Tu-2. Wasn't there a thread about these a while back that had pictures of a couple of them being loaded onto trucks and being shipped to destination unknown? It would be really interesting to see one of these take flight, they are definitely my favorite Russian aircraft of the era.

Ryan

I remember that thread as well. Seems the photos upset some people and they were pulled down. The thread caught my attention because it was alleged that they were coming to Delaware. I called around to a few places and people and nobody seemed to know anything about the pair of Tu-2s.

Chappie

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