Swedish P51 crash restoration

Wrong in every direction!

According to the details on the bottom of the album page :-

“Wreck under restouration for F21 wing in Luleå.plane crashed 1954 and was raised from a swamp around 1998. one person (not me !)is working hard on it, most is done outdoor ! year around !”

That must have been some dig!!!

The link is all I have unfortunately. Very cold climates seem to preserve aircraft alloys much better than our dismal weather. It looks like it was picked up off a hillside, and probably a rocky one judging by the state of the sump.

That’s quite amazing. He has got his hands on what appears to be a very complete P51 crash airframe with substantial sub assemblies and not a lot missing. The bits look remarkably clean, as if they have been in dry storage since it crashed? Was this a Swedish airforce P51 that crashed post WWII? Considering that he appears to be performing a lot of work outside, he is performing a remarkable job putting it all back together. Looks great. Is there a website anyone with more details?

Thanks for the links, much more detail!

S 26 Mustang #26084

It’s a SwAF recce-Mustang, FV-serial 26084, which crashed in the early 1950s and was salvaged in the 90s. After restoration 26084 will be put on display at the F 21 Museum, Luleå/Kallax AB.

See also:

http://lae.blogg.se/2009/may/s-26-mustang-ateruppstar.html

http://lae.blogg.se/2010/january/en-mustang-ateruppstar-2.html

The pilot apparently bailed out safely after the engine went sour.

T J

Ah, the ubiquitous hammer is in evidence in the shots of the restoration – my favourite tool:D

What a great project. It shows just what can be done with more than a little determination. Looks like the engine threw a rod, Ian, with a hole like that. That’s probably the reason the aircraft came down. Notice the prop doesn’t appear to have been rotating on impact, it has just been shoved into the ground, which is what would happen if the engine suddenly seized solid and it dived in.

Do we know if the pilot got out OK? Doesn’t look survivable if he didn’t, to me.

Anon.

And here is another update from Fredric’s great blog. If you don’t understand Swedish, tough… 😉

No, just enjoy the photos, or toss the text into Google translator and it comes out legible to most. Even if this is a static restoration it shows what can be accomplished with small resources.

http://lae.blogg.se/2013/august/en-mustang-ateruppstar-5-2.html

T J