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Re: Soplata List Updated
Posted by Steve T on Mon Dec 08, 2003 04:10:36 PM
In reply top Soplata List Updated posted by Mike Henniger on Mon Dec 08, 2003 03:56:35 PM
: The quest to know all about Walt's airframes continues. T
: his time Steve Tournay has dug up some information regardi
: ng a third Soplata B-25. Steve also has found some info t
: hat corrects an ID for one of the two F-82s.
Well, re the Mitchell, I didn't really dig it up...I tripped over it when looking over Scott's renovation of the B-25 registry. The intact, still-USAF-marked Mitchell Walt still has, turns out to be 44-86708, an ID I had never seen on any previous Soplata list but wholly consistent with the BD:708 codes I remember seeing on that Mitchell when I visited Walt many moons ago. "One and a half" other B-25s went from Walt to Mr Detch in Georgia in the 90s, accounting for the other two serials. I had been unaware (but had begun to suspect) that three Mitchell IDs rather than two were involved. Thanx to Scott and the contributors to the Mitchell registry (and BTW I much prefer the new version) for clearing this nagging little mystery up.
The F-82 gen came from Joe Baugher's US military serials site...There's a wealth of fascinating detail on there.
Now if we could successfully nail down the "other two" Walt Corsairs...and recover one or both... :-)
Steve