King Bird Five Zero in Greenland

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:26 am

Great piece of fiction, but full of plot holes and spelling mistakes.

I mean if the radio calls were on an obsolete frequency no longer used, why was the tower listening to that frequency?

And as for the kooks who think there are planes on the moon, you'll believe any crazy conspiracy theory. We all know America has never gone to the moon so it can't be so!

Shay · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:15 am

http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/tyler_41.html

Here's another story also involving a KB-50.

After reading it sounds like it has more merit of being true but I wasn't able to tracking down a serial # of a lost KB-50 matching this occurence. Maybe someone might be able to corroborate this disappearence.

Shay
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bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Dave Homewood wrote:

We all know America has never gone to the moon so it can't be so!

So did the Russians? The Kiwis???????

RickH · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:49 pm

AWWWW CMON Bart ! You saw the movie, NOBODY went to the moon. The film was all shot in AZ and in a studio. :lol:

setter · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:49 pm

WELL

I think the B32 is at least there and someone should recover that while they can the pics show her in great condition and a darn sight more collectable than a B29 or a B50 AND she has a combat history

And Col Rohr should like all her fancy turrets!!!!

John P

RickH · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:34 pm

OK, John, you win. You have forced us to abondon the silliness and get back to serious Warbirdin'.

Yes someone should go after the B-32. But what then? After 60 years in the salt, how stable could it be ? How deep is it ?

frankspeaks · **Joined:** Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:52 pm **Posts:** 160

It's probably good enough for patterns...

setter · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:48 pm

Rick

It's reallly deep in one of the pacific ocean trenches - no folks on board thank god so it's not a war grave - it is reachable by some of the gear the cable company had and said to be recoverable. The corrosion levels are very low because of the depth and cold conditions - no actual signs of corrosion at all

Regards
John P

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:06 am

That would be a site for sore eye's, A B-32! Something I've dreamed about but held very little hope for. I guess I can have a grain of hope now. extinct warbird finds are a very cool prospect.

Tim

Shay · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:47 am

Getting back to the KB-50 subject matter. Did anyone read the 2nd Link I posted??

Can anyone confirm if this disappearence is based on fact or fiction?

Shay
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Connery · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:55 pm

In reference to the B-32 on the sea floor.

I found reference to 42-108528 that the crew bailed out of after two engines failed on their way back to Okinawa. Could this be the one they found?

frankspeaks · **Joined:** Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:52 pm **Posts:** 160

Fron all the reading I've done, there were only two that they couldn't run thru the smelter.....

This one, and the one that lost an engine on take off and exploded.

So if the air force is correct, they scrapped 116, one blew up, and one was lost at sea.

Side note, they did set one aside for the AF museum, but the guys at DMRO had a bad hair day and scrapped it by mistake...... :roll:

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