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Warbirdnerd
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:08 pm 
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I am guessing it is a PV-1...
From the local paper's travel section. Taken in 2011 on New Britian. Anyone know what the Bu # is for this bird?
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Found it here:
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/
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Is that Taigh's next project? :D

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This is Ventura NZ4522, a G.R.V Ventura (US Navy PV-1) serial number 5535, BuNo34645 that crashed where it lays at Talasea, New Britain during the war. Quite the story behind this aircraft and how it got here! Parts from this wreck were used in the restoration of Ventura NZ4600 (RB-34 serial number 4773, 41-38117) that is now housed at the MOTAT in Auckland.
You can find surviving Ventura's at our website www.rcafventura.ca .
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k5dh wrote:
Is that Taigh's next project? :D


We're already packing tools, carbs, props and may be tires, not sure if it needs tires or not :D

Road trip!

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