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Seeking info on Westland Whirlwind P6994

Posted by Jim on Mon May 19, 2003 09:53:59 PM


I noticed the following message on another forum about a US-bound Whirlwind. Anyone have any info on this to share?

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A Westland Whirlwind Fighter (P6994) was shipped to the USA on 5.6.42

The USAAF tested it until mid-late 1944 when it was passed on to the USN.

The USN was said to have conducted testing up until the tailwheel blew, but with no replacements available, it was parked in a hangar and forgotten (USN appears never to have officially taken it on their books, so when the USAAF wrote it of theirs, it vanished from the system.

It was allegedly seen in the NAS Pensacola scrapyard post-war.

Any info, pictures etc. concerning this a/c gratefully received.

I posted this on a number of message boards with no response

I have since been informed that the NAS Pensacola scrapyard no longer exists. The "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB in AZ is the only place now and I doubt they bothered to tow planes from other yards to DM when they consolidated.

As a last hope I was wondering if someone who lives near Pensacola, has either a friend or relative who worked at the site and could remember seeing it, or has some evidence of its existence. I know the chances of this are slim?But you never know, until you ask?


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