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Re: Mauler in river
Posted by Rob Mears on Fri Feb 08, 2002 03:14:33 PM
In reply top Mauler in river posted by Mick on Fri Feb 08, 2002 05:08:31 AM
<<<122394 (VA-45) ditched in river off Lee Fld NAAS, FL 5/24/1949>>>
I wonder if it was ever recovered?
At one time, I knew of an F4U-5N that was ditched in a river by an Argentine pilot near Buenos Aries. I had visions of instigating a recovery until, after some digging, I found out that the plane had actually been recovered shortly after the accident.
Knowing the Navy, there's a fair chance the plane was abandoned unless it posed a risk to river traffic. Also, water currents might have deposited the airframe down river or left it buried it in silt.
Rob