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First Production Me-262 Wreck Unearthed in The Netherlands?

April 21, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 6

Back in October, 2014 members of the Deelen Air Base Museum near Arnhem in the Netherlands discovered the substantial remains of a Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe jet fighter. They discovered the battered parts of the aircraft purely by accident […]

National Park Service to Allow Dives on Lake Mead B-29A

December 8, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 10

WarbirdsNews has learned that the National Parks Service has decided to allow divers to visit the Boeing B-29 Superfortress which has lain on the bottom of Lake Mead on the border between Arizona and Nevada. […]

AD-4 Skyraider (BuNo:128988) Wreck Discovered In Florida

June 11, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 2

WarbirdsNews recently learned of the discovery in April of the wreck of a long-lost AD-4 Douglas Skyraider in the Florida Everglades. The aircraft was located by the aviation-archeology minded volunteers at Aeroquest.org, and we have reproduced some […]

The Dornier Do 17 One Year Later

June 9, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE- Tuesday 10th June 2014 will mark the first anniversary of the moment the world’s last surviving Dornier Do 17 was successfully lifted from the bottom of the Dover Straits. The breath taking moment […]

Discovering the Wreck of Avro Anson L7056 on Vancouver Island

June 9, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 4

WarbirdsNews has been following the discovery of an Avro Anson Mk.I in the dense woodland of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The aircraft disappeared without trace in October, 1942, taking the lives of her […]

Help Save RAF Phantom XV582 ‘Black Mike’ from Scrapping

April 2, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 10

WarbirdsNews believes strongly in championing the preservation of vintage aircraft whenever possible, and has learned of a historic RAF McDonnell Douglas Phantom II nicknamed “Black Mike” which needs our support. There is an organization in […]

Macchi C.205 Veltro Crash Site Excavation

March 24, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

On October 12th, 2013 the members of an Italian aeronautical historical research group called Gruppo Ricerche Storiche Aeronautiche (GRSA) recovered the remains of a Macchi C.205 Veltro piloted by Sgt.Maj. Angelo Zaccaria who crashed […]

The Rathmines PBY-5A Catalina “Our Girl” – From eBay to Australia

January 27, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

Phil Buckley reports. So when you need a PBY Catalina for a memorial display, do you just pop down to the local airport and hopefully find one for sale? No – first you try eBay […]

Uncovering a P-47 Thunderbolt Crashed in Germany During WWII

January 22, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

STARS and STRIPES reported that on Saturday January18th, 2014 a group of 22 volunteers and WWII hobbyists excavated the wreck of an american P-47 Thunderbolt. Alexander Schneider, an amateur historian and metal detecting enthusiast, said he […]

Nose Of Comet Mk2 Saved by Volunteers

January 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Ian Wilson, a former Royal Air Force mechanic updated us on the Comet Mk2 named Sagittarius. Back in November the nose of the Comet Mk2 was saved by the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) by […]

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