zorro9 wrote:
Dm2:
Good day!
I'll be glad to double ck my AAF S/ns for you on this particular aircraft. I was told by another P-63 buff that somewhere in the ferry flights the ID plates were removed. (2 of them).
Some 2 weeeeks ago there was a pic here in Wix in the former USSR of an abandoned P-63A & other MIG 21 fuselages in what it looks to be an abandoned USSR Museum or scrapyard. I'll dig for it & will post in the near future. Yess It was odd pic & place but the some samples still out there!!!
Additionally, c. 2004 SOF Mag published a pic of a recently found Cuban markings B-26 Invader on the E. Coast of Nicaragua S. of Pto Cabezas still withy the crew in it. Some others are in SEA Cambodia & Laos area.
Zorro, this
P-39 was not lost on a ferry flight.The story of the aircraft is well known:
http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/a ... ppard/p39/The P-63 'scrapyard' aircraft is privately owned and is not abandoned. All the jets were donated by the Russian AF-they had previously been on display as the Khodynka Collection, but had to be moved because of residential development on that historic site. There are plans for a flying museum where they are all currently stored.
Dave
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