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

[buffnut453]

How about that. I thought the one in Finland "didn't count" as it has parts that look original but non functional. The one in the waters off Midway is still, well, in the waters off Midway.
Thanks GrauGeist for the info. Anyone have pictures of the others?

There are 2 Buffalo family members in Finland. One is an original F2A-1 that was modified and sent to Finland as the model B239, and it has combat provenance (and a decent number of kills to its name). The second is the sole-surviving Humu, an attempt to locally build the Brewster B239 by copying the overall design but using wooden wings to reduce dependency on critical war materiel. Only 3 Humus were built, with 2 of them likely being a redesign on the same basic airframe. None ever flew in combat.

There is also a static replica Brewster in the Netherlands which may include some components from an ex-Dutch airframe that was diverted to Australia.

The Midway wreck is little more than an encrusted engine crankcase, undercarriage legs and a few other components that have survived 78 years at shallow depth under the Pacific Ocean. There really isn't much left of it.

 

[GrauGeist]

I should have been a bit more specific when I mentioned the only known USN Buffalo was in poor condition.

There was an unusually well written artical about it's find published in the NY Times several years ago (how I learned about it's existence) and it can be read here:
10 Feet Below Waters Off Midway Atoll, a Famous Flying Dud

 

[Capt. Vick]

I would have to say the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet

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The second XP-56 still exists and is in the Smithsonian collection.

 

[Hardlydank]

hopefully they'll restore it

 

[SaparotRob]

There are 2 Buffalo family members in Finland. One is an original F2A-1 that was modified and sent to Finland as the model B239, and it has combat provenance (and a decent number of kills to its name). The second is the sole-surviving Humu, an attempt to locally build the Brewster B239 by copying the overall design but using wooden wings to reduce dependency on critical war materiel. Only 3 Humus were built, with 2 of them likely being a redesign on the same basic airframe. None ever flew in combat.

There is also a static replica Brewster in the Netherlands which may include some components from an ex-Dutch airframe that was diverted to Australia.

The Midway wreck is little more than an encrusted engine crankcase, undercarriage legs and a few other components that have survived 78 years at shallow depth under the Pacific Ocean. There really isn't much left of it.

 

[SaparotRob]

Thanks again guys. Thanks Buffnut 453, it's nice to know I might see a real one. It just won't have a great USN pre-war paint job. Seeing as how there are B-239/339's out there, I'm switching to the TBD. With the cool paint job.

 

[Capt. Vick]

They built a full scale prop of the TBD for the movie Midway, wonder if it will end up in a museum.

 

[Hardlydank]

Wow, I didn't know that. Shame the movie sucked :/