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Re: more info
Posted by Paul on Wed Feb 25, 2004 06:07:20 PM
In reply top more info posted by John on Wed Feb 25, 2004 04:51:53 PM
John
I'd be grateful if you would email me off board?
regards
Paul
: To the
: best of my knowl
: edge, Da'Quake is still buried at the place it sank during
: a unsuccessfull recovery attempt made by the locals in Oc
: tober 1944, some 2 months after its crash-landing. A secon
: d plane, 44-13663, from the same unit, had crashed nearby
: at the same date (aug 26th, 1944), and lost its tail durin
: g the same recovery attempt, as its nose was already deepl
: y buried in sand, that's the reason why the recovered wrec
: k was found tailless in May 1981 by association Ailes Anc
: iennes(it should be also interesting to note that Da'Quake
: had been raised on its landing gear before the towing att
: empt, and sank with the landing gear in that position as i
: t was towed too close of the sea to avoid a minefield. The
: recovered plane still had its landing gear in the up posi
: tion when it was recovered).
:
: '663 was then put on outdoor display display for a few yea
: rs at the Musee de l' Air at Paris-Le Bourget, before the
: Museum decided to have it moved away. Association Ailes An
: ciennes took it back, and it was stored in the open until
: August 1997, when it left for England, minus engine and pr
: op, as those items had been donated to some museum in Norm
: andy a few years previously (at Arromanche, I was said, bu
: t it was not there when I visited in 1994).
:
: As the plane had been buried in a beach for nearly 37 year
: s, and displayed outdoor for 16 years, you can imagine how
: much corroded the sad remains were, and one can wonder ho
: w many original parts will fly in that recreation. Anyway,
: does that really matter since it's going to fly with the
: wrong number?
:
: John
:
:
:
: : Tony,
: : the registration G-UAKE is a clue. T'is David an
: d
: : Annette Kingshot's P-51D project 'Da'Quake', a sometime
: mo
: : unt of Lt. Col. John 'Earthquake' McGinn as the story go
: es
: : - if I've gotten it right.
: :
: : Any other information on the history of this aircraft an
: yo
: : ne?
: :
: : ANDY WEST
: : London, England