Warbird Information Exchange

About the YC-125, what happened to the substantial remains of the first one restored for the museum which was wrecked on it's delivery flight?
Pilot error, IIRC.

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Quite interesting. The CAF once had a YC-125 Raider at their Harlingen headquarters . Sad to see the Air Force museum getting rid of an airplane that served in the USAF in squadron strength. Also it’s of US design and manufacture. Timing is terrible to sale a tri-engined antique airplane. Right now at Platinum Aircraft sales they have Ford, Stinson, Kreutzer and Bushmaster tri-motors for sale.

The A-25 is the result of some kind of misunderstanding between the restorer and the museum. It has a ton of work remaining. In my lifetime I’d love to see more than one airworthy Helldiver in the world.

Does anyone know the Air Force Museums new policy? These are both quite rar3 and not replaceable pieces in their collection.

At least they are allowing it to be divested, I tried everything I could do (including trading another SNJ) to try to save my SNJ-2 from the Navy.

Wonder which museums would go after these? Maybe Pima for the A-25 and Castle or Dover for the YC-125?

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As someone who's not terribly familiar with each type - and risking opening one of the cans posted above - how many A-25s are on public display?


To be fair, I believe those all come from Greg Herrick's collection.

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My vote would be for the A-25 Shrike go to a private collector and be restored and painted as a Helldiver. Quite a historic design.
Would’ve liked to see the YC-125 Raider remain at the museum or go to Greg Herricks collection. No clue where it will end up.

A little birdie asked me to post the following:

According to wiki, four SB2Cs.
Two in the U.S. The Navy museum doesn't even have one on display.
Another five, including this one, are listed as under restoration.
Hence my comment about being underrepresented.

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The Helldiver/ Shrike only flew in combat with the Navy and Marines. Glad they are selling it. Personally, would l8ke to see the CAF’s Dixie Wing acquire it . They have the know-how and it would fit in nicely with their Dauntless, Corsair, and Kate.

Is this the same one that Mike Rawson was working on and sold to the Museum?
Jerry

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Jerry, you'll want to go back to post #8 of this thread and review Warbirdnerd's link.

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