Anyone interested in a P-38?

Fair comment, AJ.
That is true.

I guess if we all put it into context, at the end of the war these really were only instruments of war, no more valuable than a discarded .303 Lee-Enfield Rifle (well, you know what I mean), therefore really only scrap.

By todays standard it would be like the RAF scrapping the GR & F3 Tornados to make room for the Eurofighter Typhoons. No-one would really get misty eyed at Tornados begin cut-up.

Just my 2c worth…

At least, those poor Mustangs have flown for some time before being destroyed.

Thanks for sharing, Martin.

Laurent

BAD 1 Burtonwood, Fall 1945

Martin / Swiss Mustangs

Make you want to weep really……

A picture probably taken at the same location (Burtonwood in that case), from the 1988 January issue of the 8th AF News magazine:

Any chance those planes could have been buried instead of destroyed?:rolleyes:

Laurent

Looks like they still have their protective coating applied at the factory prior shipment to the ETO.

What a shame !
Martin / Swiss Mustangs