I’ll be very interested to see what Tangmere1940 hear back from Hendon. Not sure how much they correspond on these matters, but hopefully they will give some answers.
Regarding the funding; I know they yanks are better at generating private funding, as their entire system is based in private donations – the government don’t give much. Where we in Europe normally expect out tax money to cover things (Ok, maybe not A/C recovery).
Granted the underground storage project funded by TIGHAR might seem slightly fantastic, but the stories do keep circulating and perhaps they might eventually end the speculation. If people think there are stored WWII aircraft in underground bunkers, then please go ahead and look for them. If even they find a cache of engines, it money well spend.
Personally I think there are better projects, such as locating the missing Berlin Air Museum aircraft, or at least document their end. However, I’m not
TIGHAR.
Regardless of all the TIGHAR stuff, I guess we all would like to see the P-38 recovered and preserved. I feel it belongs in the Uk, as it really is part of British aviation history (no matter who operated it), but as long as it is recovered/preserved by someone who can see the project through to the end (finance and expertise), I can’t say I’m too pushed about its final destination. There is British groups who can do this, but TIGHAR was appearently up early in the morning and got the licence.
Did any British groups apply for the licence?
We have to give it to them, that they got the boots on and started the job very early on. Maybe the British groups, who have the ability to recover/preserve such an aircraft, should have moved earlier on. There is no point in running about after the fact.
About Amelia – well, we all know we miss her 😀
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