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Re: Blythe airfield
Posted by bdk on Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:07:33 PM
In reply top Re: Blythe airfield posted by george on Sun Feb 01, 2004 08:56:46 AM
I haven't seent he article to which you refer, but Bean has been dead for quite a while. When was he supposed to have had the P-61 referred to? Was Bean purported to have had more than one P-61? The one that Yanks' parts came from was scrapped because of corrosion. Also, a P-61 is a difficult airplane to hide because of its size, even disassembled. Naturally I hope you can prove me wrong!
If you find any solid leads let me know. I'm "only" about 3-1/2 hours away...
: Thanks, bdk. I thought the most interesting items in the
: article were that Bean told the author that he did have a
: P-61 in the area, and that there were 3 other remote airfi
: elds near Blythe that sound like they may have been used b
: y Bean to store (or hide) aircraft and parts. Hopefully,
: someone will explore the area eventually to solve this mys
: tery.