XB-15 Remains in Panama

[jmkendall]

I believe...believe mind you...that the Travis AFB Museum has one of the wheels

[JohnB]

I believe...believe mind you...that the Travis AFB Museum has one of the wheels

And NMUSAF has another..it's been used as a bench for as long as I can remember.

[Steve Nelson]

I ran across this photo on the interwebulator a few years back, showing the mortal remains of the XB-19 in a dump. I've seen the tire at the NMUSAF many times..too back they couldn't have saved at least this forward section as well.

SN

[Steve T]

Something's been bugging me about that scrapyard photo...and I've realized what it is. That cockpit section is from the Douglas XB-19, not the Boeing XB-15! The main wheel at Dayton is also from the XB-19. They're quite different aircraft, with the Douglas being about a third again as big and having tricycle gear.

(Never mind: missed the bottom of page 1, where the XB-19 does get mentioned, leading to that interesting shot of the cockpit. However, seeing as the bird scrapped stateside is the XB-19, which it clearly was, that means the XB-15 wreckage could still reappear; cool...)

S.

(Hey, look at that, my 1000th post...)

Last edited by Steve T on Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:42 pm, edited 2 times in total.

[PinecastleAAF]

that means the XB-15 is unaccounted for...

Um i think it is in Panama.

[jmkendall]

They used to have the front portion of a B-29. In addition to their B-50. I read once where it "disappeared" during on of their moves.

[Russ Matthews]

All of the recent interest in digging for buried WWII planes next to far off jungle airports caused me to find and resurrect this thread about the XB-15/XC-105 and its supposed disposal in a swamp/dump in the Panama Canal Zone.

Plus, I came across the "Pacific Wrecks" listing for the aircraft and thought I'd go ahead and post the link here ..

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/xb-15/35-277.html

[DryMartini]

Interesting image from a lurker on these here boards.

[aerovin]

That data plate is as rare as they come.

[SaxMan]

Is it possible the data plate is not genuine? Maybe I'm being the pessimist, but it seems like there are buff marks in the "type" and "serial number" fields.