By: Seafuryfan - 14th May 2011 at 17:21
Thanks for all your replies. Sadly then, it seems that there is no extant example. still though, the superb cgi (thanks for the link) might whet the appetite of a collector…
By: DaveM2 - 14th May 2011 at 08:48
there was talk of some of the Solomons recoveries of a few years ago being a lot of pete material(possibly enough to restore two airframes) but nothing seems to have been heard about them(or any of the other recoveries)since,if the rumors are true they are somwhere in australia.
Indeed. There are a couple of photos of these (one quite substantial) in the Classic Wings article on the recoveries back in 2008.
Dave
By: tbyguy - 14th May 2011 at 04:57
Still my favorite “Pete” clip: 🙂
By: oz rb fan - 14th May 2011 at 04:17
there was talk of some of the Solomons recoveries of a few years ago being a lot of pete material(possibly enough to restore two airframes) but nothing seems to have been heard about them(or any of the other recoveries)since,if the rumors are true they are somwhere in australia.
By: DC Page - 13th May 2011 at 22:31
When the Dogfights episode to which you refer appeared a few years ago I did some research and was unable to find any survivors. I know there are several crash sites in the Solomons and Aleutians, including some underwater wreckage but I don’t know of any surviving examples. Indonesia operated a few captured aircraft after WWII but I haven’t been able to find out what happened to them. I assume they were scrapped many years ago.
On a related note, the only Japanese WWII era floatplane I have seen is the beautifully restored sole surviving example of the sub launched Aichi M6A Seiran at Udvar-Hazy. I understand that there is a surviving A6M Rufe floatplane in a private museum at an Indian Navy Base in Port Blair, but I haven’t even seen a picture of it.
Here is an interesting picture of one of the destroyed Petes taken during WWII in the SW Pacific. Good luck on your search.
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