Recovery of a B-17E in New Guinea

[MIflyer]

 

[Airframes]

Isn't this "Swamp Yankee", recovered some years ago ?
Either way, it's in remarkable condition, and a great find.

 

[Snautzer01]

Swamp ghost i think

 

[MIflyer]

Yes, I think it is Swamp Yankee. A local said that the airplane should be left there to serve as a tourist attraction, "The village nearest the airplane does not even have a name. If they had left the airplane there it would have a name by now." Just why a village in NG needs a Boeing product built in Seattle in order for the locals to name the village, I do not know. I heard that the NG government had intervened after the airplane was packed up and ready to go, withdrew their permission, and stopped it from being transported out of the country. I have not heard of a new status.

 

[Snautzer01]

Swamp ghost i think

Swamp Ghost - Wikipedia

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting!

 

[Greg Boeser]

Yes, I think it is Swamp Yankee. A local said that the airplane should be left there to serve as a tourist attraction, "The village nearest the airplane does not even have a name. If they had left the airplane there it would have a name by now." Just why a village in NG needs a Boeing product built in Seattle in order for the locals to name the village, I do not know. I heard that the NG government had intervened after the airplane was packed up and ready to go, withdrew their permission, and stopped it from being transported out of the country. I have not heard of a new status.

Bribe not big enough?

 

[Capt. Vick]

As we know, it is in the US. I believe it was a tourist attraction for the village and now...