Interesting C 47 story

[88thcollector]

http://tinyurl.com/2rv7qs

[Bugme]

Incredible! I hope they're able to liberate this rare piece of WWII Aviation history.

[Jeeper704]

I do hope they succeed in their mission.

But Bosnia is not that a great of place these days and they will have to negotiate a lot of red tape and stuff.

 

I know of some M-18s rusting away in that area as well.

 

Erwin

[carl1944]

My best friend is Bosnian and he visits the country every summer. He and his family fled the region in 1992 after the hostilities began and his father was put in a concentration camp. He says that indeed alot of WWII stuff can still be found there. US Shermans rusting in scrapyards, WWII weaponary etc.

Stay out of the woods though, the EOD would have a field day in there.

 

It's a good inititive that these things are preserved.

 

Carl

[ww2vault]

They said they had to do something before the 14th, does anyone know what ever happen? Did they get the necessary papers signed in time?

 

- Jeff

[gunbarrel]

They said they had to do something before the 14th, does anyone know what ever happen? Did they get the necessary papers signed in time?

 

Jeff,

 

The article says before December 1...

[Wailuna]

Here are two of my own recent C-47 sightings:

 

At Altus AFB, Oklahoma, August 2006. If anyone has ready access to a C-47 serial number database, this one is #349208.

 

At a civilian field near San Bernardino, California, ca. 2006. This one looks like it had been in commerical service.

[carl1944]

There used to be a C-47 displayed outside the Victory Museum in Arlon, Belgium.

After the museum closed it remained there for a while, untill being moved in 2002 to the Museum "Wings of Liberation" in Best, Holland.

This museum is well(? ) known for it's crappy Market Garden displays

The museum now owns two of these aircraft.

 

 

I believe there is also a commercial DC3 displayed at the Belgian Air Force Museum in Brussels.

 

Best regards

Carl