well, u do what you can 😉
thanks for the help chaps, so is there any document or manual that I should refer to in order to know more about the gunsight? AM, you cited the AP3196, is there a way to get hold of a copy?Cheers
Alex
Alex,
If you’re inrerested in a copy, i would be more than interested to share the costs with you.
Laurent
Hello all,
At home, i have a gunsight with exactly the same dots, single ring and open/shut position but reference are different :
REF : 8B/2666
Type : MARK II N
No serial or reference on the sighting head.
Couldn’t also find any reference on this gunsight.
Laurent
Hello,
An example of how it is unfortunately impossible to spot anything useful from Google earth.
Please go to PAGAN ISLAND
It’s an island in the Marianas with an ex Japanese aifield. Definition is good and the airfield (with a lot of bomb craters) is clearly visible. There are at least 2 fairly complete wrecks along the runway : a Zero and a Nell + a dump with a lot of partial wrecks along the shore. But unfortunately nothing is visible from Google Earth.
Laurent
Definitely not a Mig-17
Definitely an early guided missile and probably anti-ship when looking at its size.
Laurent
Dear all,
Thanks for your interest and concern.
As proposed, i have inserted below a few more photos to clearly illustrate the real threat facing this unique collection if nothing is done.
Of particular interest is the Mig 23 that has also been scrapped since this photo was taken. It arrived intact and complete a few years ago but was not displayed in the main hall as there was already one there. So, it was sored in the “reserve” where museum staff gradually, and without any reason, removed and lost parts and damaged it when they had to move it. So, in the end, the museum took the “logical” decision to scrap it as it was incomplete (thanks to them) and damaged (thanks to them).
So please, please, once again, sign the petition or even better, write directly to the museum. We, belgians, are unfortunately familiar with this kind of bureaucratic attitude (in this case : no more planes to display = no more problems to manage).
But the good thing is that they usually happen only if they go un-noticed. So, if they start receiving lots of inquieries and questions from all over the world, they will think twice before making any move.
WE NEED YOUR HELP AND SUUPORT !
Thanks,
Laurent






No, absolutely nothing on the body : no serial, no number or indication whatsoever.
just opened the back and found its 12 volt.
Laurent
Hopefully, i’m not a collector of original late wae Luftwaffe photos. See :
1.000 USd for a single photo !!!!
Was amazed 5 years ago when they were selling at 100 and amazed again 2 years ago when they were at 200/300. Wonder where it will stop.
Laurent
Ok, i know that one is still in the lake but !!!!!!!!!!
http://www.watalibi.com/FW58photo2.htm
Laurent
you should have a look here :
Laurent
No idea where or when; but interesting anyway
Laurent

John,
No more need to plot. Can just say the B-25 has very recently been purchased and will soon join a major European aviation museum.
It’s future is secured.
Laurent
Martin,
Very interesting photo. Can you tell us more about the P-51 at the front of the photo. Looks like a 2 seater conversion loke i have never seen before.
Laurent
Hello,
Also discovered this book a few years ago and enjoyed the reading. Makes a good companion to “Pacific Aircraft Wreck”.
The Betty bombers shown in his book and photographed on Ballalae (Ballale ?) island in Shortlands are still all there, altough deteriorated by 30 more years of tropical and sea exposure.
Same for the Pete floatplane. The wreck iluustrated in his book is still there.
The Catalina has been scrapped long ago.
No idea for the Wirraway.
Laurent
Another one :
Ki-27 recovered 600 meters from shore in Japan in 1997 and sole survivor up to this day
Photo from j-aircraft.com
Laurent
Going back to the P-39 recoevered in the 70’s by Tallichet/Armstrong/Darby, they were all recovered from Tadji and Tsili-Tsili airfields in main PNG whereas the above photo taken in the early 80’s on Woodlark island in Milne Bay province.
The only P-39 i know for sure that has already been recovered from Woodlark is P-39K 42-4312 now under resotration in australia to static display using the wings of P-39D 42-4368 also recovered from same island.
So, what happened to all the others. Still there ? Scrapped ? Recovered ?
Laurent