Interesting, if slightly depressing, topic!
Re the Ta152, I think the Smithsonian have at least part of one in storage…I could be mistaken though.
Already mentioned are the Stirling, Whirlwind and Whitley; whether the Whirly is “major” (having equipped only one squadron) is debatable, but the two bombers certainly played a substantial role…
Not quite a true wartime type, but the Hornet is such a gorgeous design I’ve got to cite it anyway; and didn’t the prototype fly before war’s end?
Axis types, as has been noted, fared even worse than their Allied counterparts…
Ju188, 288, 388
Do17, 215, 217
Hs129
He70, 112
G4M “Betty”
B5N “Kate”
A5M “Claude”
Ki27 “Nate”
Ki44 Shoki “Tojo”
…and a slew of others from “the other side”. Then there are the French types, only a tiny handful of fighter types having survived, with a Bloch light bomber getting the chop as late as the seventies…
S.
Ta152 is just in need of restoring,
JU388 also exists and is in near perfect condition just needs a little bit of TLC
217 rear fuselage exists. Few bits of 129 hanging round too and I would be astounded if there are no wrecks surviving somewhere in a russian bog!
A 177 would be very nice, great shame none were saved
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