Essential and Dispensible WW2 aircraft.

In article .com,
Seven wrote:

On Oct 5, 6:31 pm, Steve Hix wrote:
In article . com,

Seven wrote:
On Oct 4, 11:00 pm, WaltBJ wrote:

Nobody mentioned the B32. I saw a whole ramp full of them at Pyote AFB
in 1951 on the way to USAF basic.

Walt, I hate to do this, but the NMUSAF says you didn't. According to
their records, the last of the B-32s was scrapped in 1949. Which is a
shame, really. I *love* WWII-era aircraft, and would dearly love to be
able to see one of these in person. Here's the link either way.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...et.asp?id=2535

Maybe PB4Y's at Pyote?

The B-32 is a little larger, but the ratio sounds about the same. I
haven't had any luck finding records online records of PB4Ys (-1 or
-2) at Pyote, but the absence of proof is not the proof of absence, as
they say. I found a few records for PB4Y-1s being retired to
Litchfield in the early 50s, but the year wasn't specified. The same
source said that the PB4Y-2s remained in inventory until the 60s, when
they were relegated to desert storage and presumably scrapped.

Some of them ended up fighting fires. Watching one come rumbling low
over my house, and diving into the canyon between there and St. Helena
above the Napa Valley to dump retardant was pretty impressive, back in
1977.