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Re: Warbirds Recovery in Oz
Posted by Dave on Tue Jan 22, 2002 04:32:17 AM
In reply top Re: Warbirds Recovery in Oz posted by Tracey Smiley on Tue Jan 22, 2002 02:54:41 AM
Tracey
There have been many rumours about this over the last few years .. and the only visible evidence I have ever seen is the corroded center section of a Corsair .....
Many were supposedly dumped still in crates and covered in preservative .. it was reported that a P-51 was pulled up in her crate and found to be in excellent condition after been flown ashore by helicopter etc.etc. ..... no one seems to have ever seen her though !
It was then reported that since the Oz navy didn't have the means to raise aircraft from that depth , that a U.S. based company was going to help , in return for some of the salvage rights ... nothing further heard about that either ....
regards
Dave