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Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – September/October 2021

November 30, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has received the September/October, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see […]

South Pacific WWII Museum Joins Forces With The B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia

November 28, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The South Pacific WWII Museum recently announced a partnership with the B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia to begin the formation of a sister-museum alliance. The South Pacific WWII Museum is located in the township of Luganville on Espiritu Santo, […]

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX MH603 – Restoration Update – November, 2021

November 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

Over the past couple of years, we have been following the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX MH603 at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. The aircraft is very close to […]

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Supermarine Seafire F.Mk.XVII SX336 Takes to the Skies Again

November 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

As many readers will know, Supermarine Seafire F. Mk.XVII SX336 made her first flight for several years on November 18th, 2021, following a period of extensive maintenance at Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England. The aircraft, […]

CAF PBY Catalina Restoration Update – Fall 2021

November 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As an update to our April 2021 progress report regarding the restoration of Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina BuNo.64097 within the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron’s hangar at Superior Bong Airport in Superior, Wisconsin, we bring further news describing what […]

Ex-Burmese Spitfire Arrives for Restoration at Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar

November 15, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in 2012, the warbird world was upended by the dizzying possibility that up to 140 intact Supermarine Spitfires would emerge “in their shipping crates” from their supposed WWII-era burial ground near the former RAF […]

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FIAT CR.42 Restoration Update – November 2021

November 11, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Fighter Collection (TFC) has been making visible progress on the restoration of their ultra-rare Fiat CR.42 Falco in recent days at Duxford Aerodrome near Cambridge, England. The organization’s technicians temporarily dismounted the fighter’s Fiat […]

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Combat Veteran P-40E Makes Her First Flight in New Zealand!

November 11, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Pioneer Aero Ltd. had completed the restoration of Claudio Coltri’s Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (41-13570). While the selected test pilot, Frank Parker, had performed some taxi trials, Pioneer had […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – August/September 2021

November 5, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has received the August/September, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see […]

Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation – C-54 ‘Spirit of Freedom’ Reborn

November 1, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Following the devastating damage which a tornado inflicted upon the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation’s (BAHF) long-serving Douglas C-54E Skymaster Spirit of Freedom in Walterboro, South Carolina during April, 2020, one could be forgiven for wondering whether the organization […]

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