You might all have seen my thread earlier about the Boston that the Hunt brothers have recovered from Russia. They are due to move their museum into a hangar (at Redhill aerodrome I think) where they will have their aircraft on display, including the Boston. The Boston is 75% complete, missing the following bits. If anyone knows of any museums, private individuals etc, wherever they may be in the world (I think there’s something like 5 Boston’s in Australia alone), please let me know so I can pass it on to them
1. Cockpit section
2. Port outer wing (They have the inner wing between the engine mount and
fuselage)
3. Cowling panels
4. Engine & props x 1
5. Undercarriage doors
6. Rudder
7. Starboard Horizontal Stablizer
8. Radio Mast
9. Any Internal Cockpit Fittings
10. Martin Upper Turret
11. Elevators
They are also looking at the history of the machine, it’s serial number is 41-19393 if anyone know’s any more.
Cheers, Rob
By: Rlangham - 30th April 2006 at 20:27
Cheers for your help guys, i’ve also found it was an A20C, the sort with the glazed nose, known as the Boston III in RAF service. If anyone knows anything else please let me know, hopefully one day we’ll see a complete Boston in the UK.
By: aerovin - 30th April 2006 at 03:10
My brief records on this airplane shows it was delivered to the AAF in January 1942 and originally earmarked for the RAF as BZ501. However, it was instead sent to Russia via Lend-Lease and that RAF serial reallocated to A-20G 43-21999.
By: Whitley_Project - 29th April 2006 at 23:49
Hi Jerry
I think they have been long since recovered.
By: brewerjerry - 29th April 2006 at 20:54
wings
Hi
Not sure if it is of help, but in the 80’s did some walking in south wales, there was a set of boston wings ( I think ) we came across, just after seeing some ventura engines and just before the Lincoln crash bits, the sites were mentioned in the wales crash books and high ground wrecks, not sure if they are still there tho’.
Not sure of spelling but ‘carned daffydd’ rings a bell as a location.
Cheers
Jerry
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