338thRCT Posted December 18, 2019 Share #1 Posted December 18, 2019 This picture is from Life Magazine in 1950's shows Avenger being fed into the smelter. Note aluminum ingots( the finished product) on foreground and mass of aircraft awaiting fate in background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted December 18, 2019 Share #2 Posted December 18, 2019 Wow! That's a eye-opening image! Does the article mention where the "melt-down" is taking place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted December 18, 2019 Share #3 Posted December 18, 2019 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted December 18, 2019 Share #4 Posted December 18, 2019 Wow! That's a eye-opening image! Does the article mention where the "melt-down" is taking place? It says in the copy thats hard to read that several Hundred TBM Avengers are being scrapped in the Arizona sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338thRCT Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted December 18, 2019 Sorry for the lack of info. This picture is in a kids scrapbook from the 1950's and too large to put on scanner, so I had to take a snapshot of it. Then i end up putting it in the wrong category! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted December 18, 2019 Share #6 Posted December 18, 2019 Probably Davis-Monthan AFB in Tuscon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29navy Posted December 20, 2019 Share #7 Posted December 20, 2019 I tried to find this in the LIFE magazines under google books and couldn't locate it (you can do a word search through all of the issues). The layout doesn't (in my opinion) look like a LIFE mag layout. Almost like a LOOK or COLLIER magazine. But that is just my observation, which probably doesn't mean much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted December 20, 2019 Share #8 Posted December 20, 2019 Saturday evening post maybe? Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29navy Posted December 20, 2019 Share #9 Posted December 20, 2019 I've started to look through SEP but doesn't look like their layout either. They usually have a lot of stories. Their (online) archives is harder to search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navybean Posted December 21, 2019 Share #10 Posted December 21, 2019 That’s enough to break your ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatl Posted May 19, 2020 Share #11 Posted May 19, 2020 In the 1950's, the Navy would have still been using NAF Litchfield Park, Arizona as their boneyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctorofwar Posted June 12, 2020 Share #12 Posted June 12, 2020 Kingman, AZ is where a lot of WW2 aircraft met their fate postwar. Looking back it’s heartbreaking.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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