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07-01-2005, 02:36 PM
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#16 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Even some of the large organizations are having a tough time keeping afloat these days. The fuels costs are up but the insurance rates are getting worse and worse every year, especially on the old warbirds.
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07-01-2005, 03:41 PM
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| The Fleet Air Arm dump their Corsairs into bottom of the sea of Pacific since FAA asked USA If they want have it back again, but turn out USA doesn't need them anymore and so Royal Navy finally dump the Corsairs into the sea or burn them.
Also, RNZAF burn their Corsairs in 2-3 years later after the War ended.
A friend of mine told me that he believe there is some WWII birds (Scrap) are still around in Marianas Island (boneyards for Bell B-29 Superfortress, B-24 Liberators, Gumman Avengers, and others during aftermath WWII), Wonder If the boneyard ever exist there today?
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07-01-2005, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by evangilder Even some of the large organizations are having a tough time keeping afloat these days. The fuels costs are up but the insurance rates are getting worse and worse every year, especially on the old warbirds. | Evan, B-25s in Vietnam? Do you have any info? I've heard of B-26s.
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07-01-2005, 04:02 PM
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| B-26 Invaders did saw action over Vietnam, but B-25 Mitchell? Hmmm.
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07-01-2005, 10:57 PM
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#20 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | I am trying to gather some info. I have been talking with a former Spec Ops guy who was in Vietnam. We have been talking about some of the old days and airplanes, etc. He mentioned that there were B-25s in small numbers there for Spec Ops, but wouldn't say what their mission was. He don't offer, I don't ask. I'll see what I can find out while keeping the stuff that needs to be kept under wraps where it belongs.
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07-02-2005, 08:44 AM
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Country:  | Im pretty sure that B-25's in 'Nam was mentioned here before somewhere - painted all black for special missions or something like that.
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07-02-2005, 12:34 PM
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| Actually I only know three aircraft WWII saw Vietnam (B-29 Superfortress as tanker, B-26 Invader, and C-47 Dakota aka AC-47 Spooky)...
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07-03-2005, 04:20 PM
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Country:  | No, it was the B-17, CC. I mentioned it. I cannot find the information because I had it written down and someone has messed with my organised mess.
What I can remember is, they were stripped of all armament and painted all black. They were designated RB-17 and they were ex-World War 2 B-17Gs. They were based at Clark AFB in the Phillipines, and were used for recce and dropping agents.
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07-03-2005, 11:04 PM
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| Plan_D
That would be Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, former OSS) of Southeast Asia while they fly Boeing RB-17G 
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07-03-2005, 11:09 PM
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Country: | They flew over Vietnam, I was answering CCs question...or more updating his comment.
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07-04-2005, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by plan_D No, it was the B-17, CC. I mentioned it. I cannot find the information because I had it written down and someone has messed with my organised mess.
What I can remember is, they were stripped of all armament and painted all black. They were designated RB-17 and they were ex-World War 2 B-17Gs. They were based at Clark AFB in the Phillipines, and were used for recce and dropping agents. | My bad.
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07-12-2005, 01:06 PM
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Country:  | It's so sad what happened to all those wonderful airplanes... It's really a shame... Someone should have predicted that they would be an important part of our culture and of our history...
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07-12-2005, 01:17 PM
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#28 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Because they became so obsolete so quickly I guess the feeling of that time was to beat the swords into plowshares. I also think that many who experienced the air war would just rather forget than see the aircraft they fought in on a regular basis.
I had an uncle who washed out of pilot training and eventually became a B-24 bombardier. Right before he was supposed to go overseas he was in a horrific crash where he was the only survivor of an 11 man crew. Even though he was trained in aircraft maintenance and probably could of stayed in the industry after the war, he preferred to do something else.
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07-12-2005, 01:33 PM
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Country: | Perfectly understandable. These days we see these beautiful birds as something that fought for liberty as well as a wonderful machine. We, however, didn't have to sit in one while it was getting chewed to pieces - or we didn't have to jump out of one on fire.
I suppose it's mixed reaction - some had good memories - other's not so good.
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07-12-2005, 01:45 PM
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#30 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | I met a fellow in the early 1980s who told me he was a B-17 navigator. Somewhere in the conversation I asked him "when was the last time he seen a B-17." He sat for a minute, rattled off a date in 1944 and said "when I was falling away from it." 
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