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Baltimore anywhere?

Posted by Gregory Alegi on Fri Nov 09, 2001 06:45:58 AM

For any enthusiast, the recent trend of rediscovering and/or recovering aircraft which were thought extinct is very exciting. Each of us can make a mental list of reborn types, from Buffalo to ... TBD?
Unfortunately, it seems that the Martin Baltimore has yet to join the "Born Again Warbirds Club". The type played an important role in the North African/Middle Eastern/Italian fronts and I understand that it ranks pretty high on the wish list of the RAF Museum. In Italy, where we have a good fin and an upper turret, the type is also of interest as the first bomber supplied by the Allies to the Italian Air Force in 1944.
It is just so hard to believe that none of the 1700 or so built survives anywhere, in any rebuildable form. Does anyone know of wrecks, components, or anything at all?
Gregory

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