Warbird Information Exchange

1. The Wellington of 75 (New Zealand) sqdn that Sergent Pilot Jimmy Ward won his VC in.

2. A Buffalo from 243 sqdn belonging to either C.T Kronk or B.S Wipiti responsible for downing the first Japanese a/c over Singapore.

3. The Spitfire Vb from 485 (NZ) sqdn of Sgt (later Air Vice-Marshal) W. V Crawford-Compton DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, Silver Star (US), Croix de Guerre with Palm, Legion of Honour, CB and Cbe, New Zealands most decorated WWII fighter pilot.

4. The Ventura of 487 (NZ) Sqdn in which Squadron Leader Leonard Trent won his VC.

5. The B-24 of 200 Coastal Command Sqdn in which Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg (RNZAF) won his VC.

6. The P-40E of Squadron Leader M.J Herrick of 15 Sqdn RNZAF on which he had both his German and Japanese kill flags below the cockpit.

7. The first He-219A-0 ready for operational testing (G9+FB) of I/NJG 1. This test a/c flown by Gruppen-Kommandeur, Major Streib on his first sortie accounted for five RAF bombers (on the night of June 11-12 1943)

8. The He 178 V1 which on the 27th August 1939 became the first true jet a/c to fly.

9. Guy Gibsons Lancaster AJ-G (G for George) that he flew on the Dams raid. (using the time machine I would beat Firebird to it).

10. Enola Gay - Then I would have possibly the most historical a/c after the Wright Flyer with me down here in little 'ole New Zealand............BWAA HA HA HA.

1. Al Deere Spit Mk.1 'Kiwi'

2. Cobber Cain Hurricane Mk.1

3. Hans Rudel Ju 87G Stuka

4. Walter Nowotny Me262A

5. Bill Beaumont Tempest V

6. H.J. Marseille Me109F

7. H. Schnauffer Me110G

8. Lilya Litvyak , Russian woman fighter pilot Yak

9. 487 Sq.(RNZAF) Mosquito FB6

10. The Do-217 that sank the battleship 'Roma' with the first sucessful guided weapon, the 'Fritz X'

Of course the galling thing is, like Gibson's Dams raid Lanc, Scnauffer's Me110G DID survive the war and was put on display in that London Victory display after the war.
The only thing left of it is one of the tail fins with the 120 odd victory bars on it. IIRC it's on display in the IWM at Lambeth...???

it seems i misread the topic of this thread so i'll redo my selections
1 major kaboyoshi's ki61 #24
2 westland whirlwind "comrade's in arms"
3 clive caldwells mk8 spitfire{either one}
4 a20-3 the first cac built wirraway [was ear marked for preservation but later scrapped
5 nik2j #243-15
6 ki46-2 caldwells last kill
7 boomerang a46-222 nothing historic just like the nose art [glamour girl]
8 boston a28-7 the aircraft that flt lt newton earned the raaf's only vc in the pacific
9 saburo sakai's a6m2 v128
10 lancaster a66-2 q for queenie [the one that flew under the sydney harbor bridge]
paul

Yes

Cees

If I had the chance of stopping them scrapping Halifax III LV907 "Friday the Thirteenth" after the London Exhibition I would do so.

Chees

Cees

I have only just come across this interesting thread, apologies or digging it out of the archives. I have decided to try to stick nice and close to this extra rule above... and several of mine have a very local (to me) theme to form a memorial flight and museum

1 - Avro Lancaster R5702 VN-S "Taipo" which was flown by Roy Calvert DFC and two Bars. After he managed to get it home badly damaged on one mission, it was nearly destroyed, but was rebuilt and flew again later, only to be shot down over Europe. It's wing still survives in the village where it crashed! See photos of it here on my site.
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Roy ... rt%201.htm

2 - Mosquito FB.VI (coded MM404/T) from No 464 Sqn RAAF which was lost on the Amiens raid. Local Cambridge man Dick Sampson, Navigator, was killed.
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Ric ... Sampso.htm

3 - Short Sunderland Mk III, or an MR5, that were scrapped in New Zealand after the war

4 - TEAL Short Empire Flying Boat Aoteroa (I assume it was scrapped during or after the war?) I'd have a heck of a job explaining to people how I got this "I found it in a barn, yep, a REALLY BIG barn!"
I'd use it as a personal transport with full bar staff.

5 - Lockheed Hudson NZ2028 that disappeared into the sea between Fiji and Tonga with local man Arthur Clayton onboard.
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Art ... layton.htm

6 - Spitfire Vb EP336 in which Cambridge man Lloyd Kelly was lost in defending Malta
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Cla ... 0Kelly.htm

7 - Short Striling I BF317 in which Martin Lord of Cambridge was killed
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Martin%20Lord.htm

8 - Spitfire LFIXE MK529 – OU-D ‘Waipawa Special II' of 485 (NZ) Sqn in which Cambridge boy Don Taylor was killed
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Don%20Taylor.htm

9 - Spitfire Mk I - one of Cambridge ace Bill Well's Battle of Britain Spits (in fact the one he shot down four Fiats with)

10 - Also a Vickers Vincent, probably one from No. 1 Sqn RNZAF as they were cool

I'd then get greedy and also snap up a Baffin, a Gordon, a handful of Hinds, a Vildebeeste, an Avro 626 (doubling the world population) and one or two of the lovlier WAAFs

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HERE'S MY LIST NOT NECESSARLY IN ORDER

1. SBD FLOWN BY JOHN LEPPLA AND GUNNER LISKA WHO DOWNED 7 ZEROS AT CORAL SEA.
2. SB2C VINDICATOR FLOWN BY BRUCE PROSSER WHEN HE WON THE NAVY CROSS AT MIDWAY.
3. TOM HUDNER'S MOH F4U-4 FROM KOREA.
4. RAF ACE PAT PATTLE'S HURRICANE
5. ART CHINN'S ZERO KILLING CURTISS HAWK BI-PLANE
6. JOHN BURN'S NAVY CROSS KINGFISHER FROM TRUK (USS TANG RESCUE).
7. PAUL TIBBET'S 97th BG B-17E
8. FLOYD PARKS VMF-211 F2A BUFFALO FROM MIDWAY.
9. TOM BLACKBURN'S VF-17 BIG HOG CORSAIR
10. JOHN HAMPHIRE'S 23rd FG P-40K

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