DONE: RNZAF F4U-1D P/O Brian Barstow of NZ5517-No.16 Sqdn Group Build (1 Viewer)

[109ROAMING]

Not with this one sorry mate ( or the Zero)

Will Push for NZ5255 though

 

[wreckhunter63]

Vought Corsair # NZ5517 sqn code identity was UY-P

 

[SaparotRob]

Hi wreckhunter63. Welcome to the Forum. Just so you know, this is an old dormant thread.

 

[Crimea_River]

Well, most of us are old and dormant so.....

 

[wreckhunter63]

Well, most of us are old and dormant so.....

Yep...I usually turn up later in the game...I have been searching for RNZAF F4U1a Corsair NZ5517 for close to 45 years...know the story backwards and pretty sure I know where it went and what happened to it...funny how people make the mistake of following unspecified info then build on that to develope 'facts' around a likely location...btw, the 'crash' site is within 6 km of a town...and yes...the aircraft is in one piece...

 

[wreckhunter63]

Hi wreckhunter63. Welcome to the Forum. Just so you know, this is an old dormant thread.

 

[Snautzer01]

Yep...I usually turn up later in the game...I have been searching for RNZAF F4U1a Corsair NZ5517 for close to 45 years...know the story backwards and pretty sure I know where it went and what happened to it...funny how people make the mistake of following unspecified info then build on that to develope 'facts' around a likely location...btw, the 'crash' site is within 6 km of a town...and yes...the aircraft is in one piece...

Do tell more.

 

[wreckhunter63]

...the pilot force landed due to (perceived) fuel starvation and confused the oil on the windscreen with an engine problem...a compounding error...

...and here it is lying in the bush with trees grown up around it...

 

[wreckhunter63]

 

[Crimea_River]

Well, your eyes are way better than mine.

 

[nuuumannn]

...and here it is lying in the bush with trees grown up around it...

It's not conclusive evidence, is it. It can barely be called "circumstantial". I've just read through a New Zealand aviation forum thread (Wings over New Zealand) on Barstow's aircraft and there have been a lot of people saying this and saying that over the years, but all have come up dead ends with no real evidence to back up the claims, just the usual cagey looks when hard evidence is requested. The aircraft has yet to be confirmed found. If it has, more than a horrendously blurry image is needed to be convincing.

 

[fubar57]

The only thing I can make out in that photo is what looks like Amelia Earhart waving a white handkerchief while standing on crates of Spitfires. But then I need some new glasses

 

[SaparotRob]

The only thing I can make out in that photo is what looks like Amelia Earhart waving a white handkerchief while standing on crates of Spitfires. But then I need some new glasses

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