Restoration/Replica/Recovery Projects
This section is devoted to informing you about various Restorations, Replica, or Restoration projects currently in the works. If you have a project in the works just e-mail me and I will create and entry for it. Projects DO NOT have to be Luftwaffe related, just warbird related (With Warbird being defined as any Ex-Militray Aircraft). If you have further information on the listed projects please let me know.
-Scott


Restoration Projects
Listing By Type:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Boeing TB-29A
Chance-Vought F-6U-1 Pirate
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
Douglas A-26 Invader
Douglas A-26B Invader
Focke Wulf Fw 190 A5
Grumman E-1B Tracer
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Grumman F9F-2 Panther
Hawker Hurricane MKI RAF
Lockheed TV-2 Shooting Star
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Lockheed F-89J Scorpion
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14
Messerschmitt Me163B-1a Komet
Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero
Nakajima Ki. 43 Hayabusa II (Oscar)
North American F-82E Twin Mustang
North American NA-64 "Yale"
Focke Wulf Fw 190 A5
Restorer: Flying A Services, UK

Recovery Date: 1991
Recovery Location: St. Petersburg

Note: Will be made airworthy

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4
Serial No. N/A

Restorer:
Warbird Recovery
11740 Airport Way, Hangar 36D
Broomfield, CO 80303
Phone: (303) 460-1156 Fax: (303) 464-7576

Recovery Date: Winter, 1994
Recovery Location: Northern Russia
Restoration Goal: Flying

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Additional Information/Website: Warbird Recovery
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7
Serial No. N/A

Restorer:
Warbird Recovery
11740 Airport Way, Hangar 36D
Broomfield, CO 80303
Phone: (303) 460-1156 Fax: (303) 464-7576

Recovery Date: N/A
Recovery Location: N/A
Restoration Goal: Flying

Additional Information/Website: Warbird Recovery

Hawker Hurricane MKI RAF
Serial No. P3311

Restorer:
Warbird Recovery
11740 Airport Way, Hangar 36D
Broomfield, CO 80303
Phone: (303) 460-1156 Fax: (303) 464-7576

Recovery Date: 1995
Recovery Location: Dunkirk
Restoration Goal: Flying

Additional Information/Website: Warbird Recovery
Messerschmitt Me163B-1a Komet
Serial No. 191660

Restorer:
Imperial War Museum
Duxford, England
Phone: N/A Fax: N/A

Recovery Date: 1945
Recovery Location: Surrendered at Husum after war
Restoration Goal: Static Display

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Additional Information/Website: Classic Warbirds

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6
Serial No. 610824

Restorer:
Evergreen Ventures
Fort Collins, Colorado USA
Phone: N/A Fax: N/A

Recovery Date: 1989 (purchased from Doug Arnold's Warbirds of GB
Completion Date: 1994
Recovery Location: Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum
Restoration Goal: Unknown

Additional Information/Website: Classic Warbirds
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14
Serial No. 610937

Restorer:
Evergreen Ventures
Fort Collins, Colorado USA
Phone: N/A Fax: N/A

Recovery Date: 1990 (purchased from Doug Arnold's Warbirds of GB
Completion Date: circa 1996/97
Recovery Location: Captured near Munich in Germany in 1945
Restoration Goal: Unknown

Additional Information/Website: Classic Warbirds

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
Serial No. 59819/N3739G

Restorer:
Lone Star Flight Museum
2002 Terminal Drive
Galveston, Texas 77554
Phone (409) 740-7722 FAX (409) 740-7612

Recovery Date: January 17, 1991 (Retired Fire Bomber)
Completion Date: N/A
Restoration Goal: Unknown

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Lone Star Flight Museum
Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
Serial No. 121776

Restorer:
Lone Star Flight Museum
2002 Terminal Drive
Galveston, Texas 77554
Phone (409) 740-7722 FAX (409) 740-7612

Recovery Date: 1996
Recovery Location: US Marine Corps Museum
Completion Date: N/A
Restoration Goal: Unknown

Additional Information/Website:
Lone Star Flight Museum

North American F-82E
Twin Mustang

Serial No. 46-256

Restorer:
Polar Aviation Museum
The museum is looking for parts or anything else to do with the F-82E, Contact John Roxbury at
(612) 786-1539 FAX (612) 786-3818

Recovery Date: 1996 (From private collection)
Completion Date: N/A
Restoration Goal: Unknown

Additional Information/Website:
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Serial No. N/A

Restorer:
Lost Squadron Museum
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Phone (606) 248-1149

Recovery Date: 1992
Recovery Location: Greenland (from under a Glacier!)
Completion Date: N/A
Restoration Goal: Unknown

Additional Information/Website:
Glacier Girl Restoration

Douglas A-26 Invader
Serial No. 41-39303

Restorer:
Pacific Coast Air Museum
2330 Airport Blvd
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone (707) 575-7900

Start Date: 1993
Completion Date: N/A
Restoration Goal: Unknown

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Pacific Coast Air Museum
Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero
Serial No. N/A

Restorer:
Museum Of Flying
Chino, CA
Phone N/A

Start Date: N/A
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: Solomon Islands
Restoration Goal: Flying

Additional Information/Website:
Primary restoration completed in Russia. Will be fitted with a Pratt & Whitney Radial Engine.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E
Serial No. 1190

Restorer:
Duxford, England

Start Date: N/A
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location:
Sussex, England
Sept. 9, 1940
Restoration Goal: Static Display

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Nakajima Ki. 43 Hayabusa II (Oscar)
Serial No. 4 Aircraft

Restorer:
Texas Aircraft Factory
P.O. Box 161606
Ft. Worth, TX, USA, 76161
Phone: (817) 626-9834
And Champlin Fighter Museum

Start Date: November 1997
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: Siberia
Restoration Goal: Unknown

Additional Information/Website: N/A

Grumman E-1B Tracer
Serial No. 4 Aircraft

Restorer:
The New England Air Museum
Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone (860) 623-3305 Fax (860) 627-2820

Start Date: November 1997
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: N/A
Restoration Goal: Static Display

Additional Information/Website:
New England Air Museum
Grumman F9F-2 Panther
Serial No. 125155

Restorer:
The New England Air Museum
Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone (860) 623-3305 Fax (860) 627-2820

Start Date: November N/A
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: Museum Collection since 1965
Restoration Goal: Static Display

Additional Information/Website:
New England Air Museum

Chance-Vought F-6U-1 Pirate
Serial No. N/A

Restorer:
The New England Air Museum
Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone (860) 623-3305 Fax (860) 627-2820

Start Date: N/A
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: N/A
Restoration Goal: Pedastal Display
NOTE: Only F-6U-1 Pirate remaining

Additional Information/Website:
New England Air Museum
Lockheed TV-2 Shooting Star
Serial No. N/A

Restorer:
The New England Air Museum
Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone (860) 623-3305 Fax (860) 627-2820

Start Date: N/A
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: N/A
Restoration Goal: Static Display

Additional Information/Website:
New England Air Museum

Boeing TB-29A
Serial No. #44-61975

Restorer:
The New England Air Museum
Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone (860) 623-3305 Fax (860) 627-2820

Start Date: 1973
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md.
Restoration Goal: Static Display

Additional Information/Website:
New England Air Museum
Lockheed F-89J Scorpion
Serial No. 521896

Restorer:
The New England Air Museum
Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone (860) 623-3305 Fax (860) 627-2820

Start Date: N/A
Completion Date: September, 2000
Recovery Location: N/A
Restoration Goal: Static Display

Additional Information/Website:
New England Air Museum

Douglas A-26B Invader
Serial No. 41-39401(N39401)

Restorer:
Aero Trader's
Chino, CA
Phone N/A Fax N/A

Owner:
Kermit Weeks

Start Date: 1998
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: Damaged by Hurricane Andrew
Restoration Goal: Unknown

Additional Information/Website:
N/A
North American NA-64 "Yale"
Serial No. 3456

Restorer:
Westrum Enterprises
Troy Westrum

Start Date: 1986
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: Ernie Simmons collection
Restoration Goal: Flying

Additional Information/Website:
N/A

Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Serial No. 44-69972

Restorer:
United States Aviation Museum
1300 Airport Rd.
P.O.Box 1388
Inyokern, California, USA 93527
Tel:760-446-1049

Start Date: 1998
Completion Date: N/A
Recovery Location: U.S. Naval Weapons Center in China Lake, California
Restoration Goal: Static Display

Additional Information/Website:
United States Aviation Museum

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Replica Projects


The Society of Aircraft Restoration.
S.O.A.R. is building a replica of a Bf 109 with a Ranger engine. For more info click the link above.


Messerschmitt Bf109

Builder:
Dakota Messerschmitt
Casselton, North Dakota
Phone: N/A Fax: N/A

Start Date: N/A
Finish Date: N/A
Construction Goal: N/A

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Additional Information/Website: Dakota Messerschmitt

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Aircraft Recoveries
Curtis P-40L
Serial No. 42-10857

Date Of Wreck: Jan. 31st, 1944 (Shot Down)
Recovery Date: 1998
Recovery Location: Anzio, Italy

Aircraft Information:
Pilot: Lt. Michael Moritz
Unit:
86th Fighter Squadron
79th Fighter Group

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Additional Information/Website: N/A


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