[ARC5] Disposition of surplus aircraft, Europe WWII

[Dave Merrill]

Some info here:
https://www.airplaneboneyards.com

Dave N9ZC

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023, 3:46 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> In some Quora discussion one fellow mentioned he had read of US surplus
> planes in Europe, being burned after end of war.
>
> I questioned this. I know about planes in the Pacific area being burned,
> but the vet told me that Japanese planes were burned.
>
> I gather US planes were cannibalized for parts and then bulldozed, or
> maybe just pushed off the deck.  In Europe i don’t think
>
> any plane was burned. There was a metal industry to feed, i mean
> increasingly after maybe 1947, as Europe came back to life.
>
> Do you, reader, know anything about this subject? References?
>
> thanks-
>
> Hue Miller
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