Doolittle B-25 in russia??

[N3Njeff]

Does anyone know of anybody looking for the Doolittle Raider that did make it to russia??? I had read somewhere that when the fall of the KGB, they found papers still stating its existance in the late 50's??? I can only imagine how hard that would be to find it, espically with all the Lend Lease B25's that went over. What a find that would be!!!

[N3Njeff]

lol.......where do I start to look????

[tom d. friedman]

plenty of b-25's up their in russia that crash landed after diverting their with battle damage, low fuel etc, while bombing the japanese held kurile islands. our boys mostly sortied from kiska & attu islands. being the fact that the region their is the anus of the world weather wise those crashes are probably in great shape!! regards, tom

[Alex Smart]

I have seen photo of this a/c taken in Russia.

But please can you direct me to the website that has details of its present resting place and condition.

Thank you.

Alex

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

Somewhere, either on the web or in a magazine I have read .

An ex-RAF flyer has asked if anyone can recall a two seat Hawker Hunter that was Tandem ? he said he flew in it.

I seem to recall in days gone by that I have seen a photo of a tandem Hunter,but cannot remember where.

Can anyone shed some light on this aircraft and perhaps provide details ?

Thanks

Alex

[mjanovec]

plenty of b-25's up their in russia that crash landed after diverting their with battle damage, low fuel etc, while bombing the japanese held kurile islands. our boys mostly sortied from kiska & attu islands. being the fact that the region their is the anus of the world weather wise those crashes are probably in great shape!! regards, tom

I wonder if any B-26s survive in any remote climates that could be recovered and restored. Were B-26s ever made available for lend lease?

[JohnH]

No. But somewhere in my files I have an interesting article written by a former Marauder pilot and researcher that asks about the Russian question...as there were some rumours that Russia got ahold of some Marauders.


John

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Hi All,

Has there been any progress towards possibly returning this and other airframes from the Doolittle Raiders back the States ??

[tom d. friedman]

none that operated in the region, & i know we didn't lend / lease them to the russians. regards, tom

[tom d. friedman]

i meant none operated out of the aluetian islands. kiska, attu, etc. regards, tom

[RyanShort1]

If anyone comes up with any new updates on this, would you consider dropping me a line?

Thanks,
Ryan

[Wolverine]

How many Doolittle airframes survive?

[tom d. friedman]

think just the 1 that was located in china, but has it been positively i.d.'d as such as to the 1 that diverted to russia, that's a real mystery

[DaveM2]

If anyone comes up with any new updates on this, would you consider dropping me a line?

Thanks,
Ryan

Ryan

Check your PMs

Dave