robertjerl wrote:
I found an article - there was a third airworthy one but it was damaged when a hurricane hit the air museum it was in and collapsed part of the hangar on it. It is still registered with the FAA and part of it has been restored but the rest of the work is waiting on funds, parts etc.
A couple of the static display planes are also said to be capable of restoration to flight condition if money etc. ever becomes available.
There are also only two flying B-24s Diamond Lil shown and one currently painted as Witchcraft - it has previously flown with two different paint schemes and names.
B-17s though have gotten a lot more attention and funds to make airworthy with the number flying around 9 plus or minus one or two as they go in and out of rebuilds etc.
The smaller planes such as the B-25 being less work and money to restore, well there are about 45 of them airworthy.
The B-26 or A-26 in its Attack Bomber configuration there are a few airworthy or being restored to that condition.
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I actually have photographed the Witchcraft a few times, as it flew into Jimmy Stewart Airport and at the time they had the "909" a B-17 which survived three nuclear blast but was restored. Sorry to say it was destroyed a few years ago in a crash in Hartford, CT.