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Howdy List,
Ok, Ok I give up! =^) At least I know for sure now. I looked for it a few
times and always asked people who told me about it to tell me EXACTLY where it
was. They never could. I went to school at Atlanta College of Art at Peachtree &
17th street and lived a few block away. (hmmm, now I live at the end of a dirt
road in the country, can you see a connection) We even went out driving around
looking for it a few times in the late 1980's. Man, I wish I had seen it back
then.
I'm glad it's been sold to a collector & is hopefully out of the weather.
Does anyone know if there are plans to restore it? I imagine after a ground loop,
it would never be flyable, but would be great to see anyway.
Brian Mead
Product of Alkett wrote:
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> > "Of course, I can't close this email without noting
> > the RUMORED japanese Zero
> > in Atlanta. It's kinda like the "jeep in a crate"
> > It goes kinda like this
> > "Hey,
> > did you know there's a Zero in a warehouse off of
> > peachtree street. (there are
> > about 30 peachtree streets here) Yeah the guy took
> > it apart & is going to
> > restore
> > it..." Closest thing I've seen to that is a mockup
> > Japanese torpedo bomber at
> > Eagles Landing."
>
> Well, I must disagree with this. I quote now from Phil
> Butler's "War Prizes", a very fine book devoted to the
> histories of nearly every axis aircraft captured by
> the allies and tested by them.
>
> This Zeke was transferred from TAIC ( Technical Air
> Intelligence Center ) to "The Navy's Flying Might", an
> air unit stationed at NAS Wildwood in October of 1945.
> This unit was tasked with providing air shows
> throughout the United States to aid in the Victory
> Loan promotions. During a landing at NAS Atlanta in
> Georgia, the Zeke suffered a ground loop and was
> written off. The remains of this plane sat in an
> antique business on Peachtree Street, in Atlanta, GA.
> It was bought by R.D. Wittington of Ft. Lauderdale,
> FL. This aircraft may be C/n 5356 ( Constructor's
> number 5356 ) which was on roster as an unrepairable
> aircraft to be sent to England.
>
> Hopefully this will provide useful data and confirm
> other postings of a like nature.
>
> Best,
>
> Ed
> Hikoki:1946
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