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Lee Stewart · #**16251** 08-19-2020, 10:51 AM

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**SS427** · #**16257** 08-19-2020, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenney

Do you recall the decommissioned bomber that sat off the expressway that ran perpendicular to Larpenteur near Lauderdale (now Roseville)? Recall it as smaller than a B-25 but sure loomed large beside passing traffic.

That was in fact a B25. It sat on a pole at a steel mill if I recall correctly. I am pretty sure that airplane was removed and restored to flying condition but cannot find the information on it.

**SS427** · #**16258** 08-19-2020, 01:26 PM

These shots were taken around 1977 when myself and another group went backpacking in the Big Horn Mountain range of Wyoming. We came across a monument regarding a crash of a B17 (now called Bomber Mountain) and hiked to the crest at 12,840 feet where a B17 crashed on a training mission in 1943 when they hit the very tip of the mountain range in fog. If they had only gained another 100' they likely would have cleared the mountain summit. I actually found a leather helmet and a boot with a bone in it at the site. Both were returned where I found them. Sadly, looking at current photos of the site today, much of it has been stolen or rearranged from when I saw it.

Lee Stewart · #**16259** 08-19-2020, 01:46 PM

Named "Jungle Queen". This one is displayed at the Big Kahuna Water Park in Ft. Walton Beach (Destin) in northwest Florida. Ex USAF 44-86844. Has '362436' on its remaining stabilizer.

**GearheadSS** · #**16260** 08-19-2020, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Named "Jungle Queen". This one is displayed at the Big Kahuna Water Park in Ft. Walton Beach (Destin) in northwest Florida. Ex USAF 44-86844. Has '362436' on its remaining stabilizer.

fwiw, this B25 is now dismantled and in storage in Oklahoma. I hope it's restored and made airworthy again.

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