Warbird you regret the most that there isn't a single surving example of?

[pinehilljoe]

Number 1, I wish one Short Stirling was left and it was flying.

Second a toss up of the Stuka or TBD

 

[michael rauls]

Number 1, I wish one Short Stirling was left and it was flying.

Second a toss up of the Stuka or TBD

There is at least one Stuka. Can't remember where but ive seen pictures of it.
Its in pieces but I think I read the are plans to re build it though.

 

[wuzak]

XP-67

 

[Tkdog]

P-82, not a flyable one anyway.

 

[GrauGeist]

There is at least one Stuka. Can't remember where but ive seen pictures of it.
Its in pieces but I think I read the are plans to re build it though.

There's three. One is at the RAF museum in London, another is at the Chicago Museum and a third is in the Paul Allen collection, which is being restored to flying condition.

My (incomplete) list of of bygone warplanes is:
B-19
Me323
He280
He100
Ar240
Hs129
B-32
KI-102

 

[ThomasP]

Would the HP.42 count? 3 airframes were used for military transport early-war, until all were destroyed in accidents. (There are pictures of them in camouflage paint schemes, that means they count . . right? please, please, please . . .)

 

[tomo pauk]

IIRC there is no Whirlwind nor Hornet 'alive'. No Fw 187. Damn.

 

[glennasher]

P-82, not a flyable one anyway.

I believe there is now one flying, I've seen clips of it on FB, it was finished late last year.

 

[buffnut453]

Too many to count:

Skua/Roc
Whirlwind
CW-21B
Vultee P-66
Stirling
P-43
DH Hornet
Martin Baker MB3 (yeah. I know it wasn't operational...but I love that aircraft!)
Wellesley
Overstrand (not WW2 but I don't care!)
Heyford
And many, many more....

 

[The Basket]

Val or Judy.

 

[pbehn]

The thing I find staggering is that there is only one prototype, you would think companies would keep them for P/R or teaching reasons.

 

[Conslaw]

The YFM1 Airacuda
Vought F5U
Douglas TBD
Avro Arrow
Martin Baltimore
Martin Maryland
Achi D3A (Val)
Nakajima B5N (Kate)
Republic XF-12 Rainbow
Republic XF-72
McDonnell XP-67 "Moonbat"
(I would put the Douglas XB-42 and XB-43 on here, but I read that they are in storage awaiting resoration.)

 

[TheMadPenguin]

Johnson's shot-to-scrap P-47. Put it in a museum with a caption "I got my pilot home". Give the PLANE a Distinguished Flying Cross.
Flying wing B-49.
Boeing 317 (4 engine flying boat)

 

[Mainly28s]

Far too many.
Ju 86
Ju 290
Ju 390
Fw 200
Ju 188
Fw 187
Hs 123

 

[Admiral Beez]

Westland Whirlwind. The last one survived to 1951, by then someone should have saved it. At least a replica is in the works... Whirlwind Fighter Project

The scrapping of the Whirlwind bugs me as much as the 1949 sinking of the Trafalgar survivor, HMS Implacable (1805).

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Number 1, I wish one Short Stirling was left and it was flying.

Second a toss up of the Stuka or TBD

There is at least one Stuka. Can't remember where but ive seen pictures of it.
Its in pieces but I think I read the are plans to re build it though.

Actually guys there are three complete original Ju 87 Stukas. One in Chicago, one in London, and one in Seattle (that is being restored to airworthy status).

I have seen two, the ones in London and Chicago. See my pics below.

Chicago

London

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

As for me.

I'd love to see an He 177 and an Me 323. Too bad none survive.

 

[swampyankee]

The thing I find staggering is that there is only one prototype, you would think companies would keep them for P/R or teaching reasons.

The company probably doesn't own the prototype.

The USS Hartford rotted and sank at her mooring because of neglect.

 

[GrauGeist]

...and an Me 323. Too bad none survive.

They did find that remarkably intact Me323 off the coast of Greece a few years ago...pity no one is interested in recovering it.

Even the Bv222 in the waters near Trondheim has had more recovery consideration than the Gigant...

 

[FLYBOYJ]

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