[ARC5] Disposition of surplus aircraft, Europe WWII

[Christopher Bowne]

Remember the scene towards the end of the
movie The Best Years of Their Lives where the former B-17 crewman wandering through the aircraft boneyard is told the planes scrap will be melted down to create materials for construction of new homes….

Chris B.  AJ1G
Stonington CT

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> On Sep 18, 2023, at 18:33, scottjohnson1 at cox.net wrote:
> 
> 
> If it’s on Quora, it’s likely BS.  I feel dumber every time I get sucked in to reading a Quora post.
> Scott W7SVJ
>  
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Dave Merrill
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 15:11
> To: Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
> Cc: main at army-radios.groups.io; ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; Military Surplus net List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Disposition of surplus aircraft, Europe WWII
>  
> 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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