[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by mustangdriver

I am a huge fan of bith of them. I would have voted for Gentile second. I heard a rumor around th emuseum, that they are goin gto raise the remains of Gentile's P-51 Shangra La. After the crash landing, It was pushed into a lake. It was not a total wreck. Should be interesting.

...sounds like fodder for a good magazine article, hmmmmmm?....

[Tri-motor]

Interesting story. I didn't know there was a large-type option. (Scroll down for entire text in larger type!)

[SKUNKY]

That's for my eyes!....

[mustangdriver]

I hear you Skunky. That was a great story.As for the Gentile's Mustang, it is said that they USAFM is going to do the restoration, and display the aircraft in Dayton. That would be awsome to see. I will let you know as I hear more.

[STARMAN 352ND]

I thought they took the nose art off gentile Mustang after he crashed it and the whole pond thing was just made up because where it was supposed to been buried it did not show up on metal detectors a few years back.
JP

[STARMAN 352ND]

Here is a article from Wade Meyer,

The Heavy Maintenance hangars were where they did major repair work and refitting. Nobody remembers or knows for sure if there was anything tangible left of Shangri-La after the stripping. Rumors have circulated for years that the remains were bulldozed into a pond or ravine, but there is absolutely no evidence of this. At the October 2001 4th Fighter Group reunion in Savannah, Georgia, I personally talked to several mechanics who worked in the 4th's 45th Air Engineering "Heavy Maintenance" Squadron about this very subject, and they remembered Shangri-La well - and how she was stripped of all usable parts, but none of them recall any kind of pond or ravine or anywhere where the 45th dumped their "junk" - and these men would be the ones to know! They don't recall throwing anything away . . . their recollection is that their Sergeant in charge kept everything for possible use in aircraft repair work. Finally, I talked to Edward Tetlow, former owner of "the pond in question", and he left no doubt that " . . . there's nothing here." I'm sure the rumors will continue, though! (USAF via Garry Fry)

. . . Text excerpted from the article, Don Gentile's 1944 Logbook: An Explication, by Wade Meyers. Copyright 2002-2004.

[mustangdriver]

I am not sure, like I said what I am hearing around the museum was rumors of it. I have heard nothing official from the museum. I will try and find out.

[planenuts]

Why isn't Snoopy on the list

[Aircrafty]

I know it's so unlike me to cause an arguement but hasn't it been proved that Pappy was full of BS and most of his claims weren't supported.

[Tri-motor]

Originally Posted by SKUNKY

That's for my eyes!....

Mine, too! Unfortunately I read the article in sequence & "Squinted" thru the small print!