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Re: Recovery preference
Posted by Dan Johnson on Mon Nov 03, 2003 04:36:14 PM
In reply top Recovery preference posted by Cees Broere on Mon Nov 03, 2003 01:13:46 PM
B would be last on my list in particular if the other two options were there too.
My dream machine has always been the Alan Bunte 51B that he put in the lake near Potsdam. A 4th Fighter Group P51B from that time frame would be an incredible piece of history despite all the 51s still out there. That it had flown out from Debden in the Spring of 44 on those first missions over Berlin makes it priceless to me.
The Doolittle B25B that may or may not still exist would also be on my list as a close second.
Now if you told me I could get that one or that I could get one of those Devestators up off the sea floor or a Stirling, the question would be that much harder to answer as knowing one of those was preserved for future generations.
In the end I'd still probably go for the 51B or the B25B despite the number of examples out there, based on their historical importance.
Dan2
As there are two Dan Johnsons on this board I guess I'll be Dan2 :) Both from Minnesota too. Who'da thunk it?