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I think most of it's still there. This is some of the better preserved aircraft.Great idea for a thread and cool photos, Gary!
Hopefully, someone will take pity on Miss Universe and restore her
Marcel, that '109 is cool!
I sure wish I had some photos of the "boneyard" at Chino from when I used to scrounge around there when I was a kid. All the old hulks down on the western end of the property near old quonsett buildings...this is going waaay back to the 70's, but I recall climbing around in old cargo planes and old TBM firefighters among other warbird carcasses including a well picked-over fuselage of a Fw190.
Wonder what ever happened to all that stuff...
Posted this in my D.XXI thread last year. Last remaining Dutch Fokker D.XXI (no 229). Legendary for shooting down a Bf110 by jettisoning the canopy which ended up in the Bf110's propeller. Was shot down afterwards and remained in the soil until 1990 when it was digged out again. On display at a ford near Amsterdam with more of the Crash 40-45 collection.
I think the movie aircraft have been brought into the hangars.Thanks for the links, Wheels!
The boneyard I am remembering used to be on the far western edge of the airport proper, near Euclid Ave. and was of considerable size and also held relics from TV movie productions.
I see from the satellite map that Chino has really changed, which is no surprise, but the complex of older hangars and the rows of quonsette buildings I remember are long gone. There also used to be an entrance from Euclid Ave.