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

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Fairey Seafox. While not a great airplane, or even a great catapult scout, it did some important service.
Curtiss SOC. As for the Seafox, not a great airplane, but a successful and effective catapult scout/observation plane until Sicily, and a plane that was brought back into service to replace is purported successor.
 
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I would say basically all Japanese Army bombers. From what I can find there are 2 Ki-48s and 1 Ki-51 surviving. No Ki-21s, Ki-30s, Ki-32s, etc.

Ki-48 in Moscow
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Ki-48 in China. Note the replaced engines from perhaps an I-16. My guess is that a captured Ki-48 was refitted with the more familiar and abundant Soviet engines during the war.
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Ki-51 in Indonesia
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Any Merlin-powered, Malcolm-hooded Seafire.

EDIT: hmm.... looks like Wikipedia may be incorrect in reporting that only one Seafire survives.

A quick Google search arrives at this one.... with the Merlin and Malcolm hood I requested. I shall have to attempt to edit the Wikipedia entry.
 
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It's would be awesome to see one of these monstrosities fly!

The Handley Page Heyford is in the same class as the TB-3. It looks like it shouldn't be able to get off the ground.
 

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