Hawaii Warbird Survivors 2002: A Handbook on Where to Find Them
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A number of volunteer organizations and museum staffs in Hawaii have done a particularly good job of preserving the great variety of American combat veteran aircraft, displayed here. Hopefully, as more aircraft are recovered from their crash sites or are restored, traded or brought back from private owners, they too will be added to the record. The handbook lists the aircraft on display in Hawaii alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. This list is also appended with a brief summary of the aircraft presently preserved within the state and a bit of their history in the US military.
Harold A. Skaarup
Major Hal Skaarup has served with the Canadian Forces for more than 40 years, starting with the 56th Field Squadron, RCE and completing his service as the G2 (Intelligence Officer) at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick in August 2011. He was a member of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, served three tours with the Skyhawks Parachute Demonstration Team, and worked in the Airborne Trials and Evaluation section. He served as an Intelligence Officer overseas in Germany and Colorado, and has been on operational deployments to Cyprus, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. He has been an instructor at the Tactics School at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown and at the Intelligence Training Schools in Borden and Kingston. He earned a Master's degree in War Studies through the Royal Military College, and has authored a number of books on military history.
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Hawaii Warbird Survivors 2002 - Harold A. Skaarup
Contents
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS, AVIATION MUSEUMS, MILITARY AIRCRAFT COLLECTIONS & GATE GUARDIANS IN HAWAII
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS/WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD
KANEOHE BAY MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
BARBERS POINT NAVAL AIR STATION
CAMP SMITH
FORT DERUSSY ARMY MUSEUM
PACIFIC AEROSPACE MUSEUM
PEARL HARBOR NAVAL COMPLEX
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT PRESERVED IN HAWAII
MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASH SITES ON OAHU
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE RAID ON PEARL HARBOR
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC DURING WWII
KOREAN WAR NOTES
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
VIETNAM DATA
POST VIET NAM MILITARY BUILDUP
THE GULF WAR
CONTINUING SERVICE
APPENDIX A SHORT LIST OF HAWAII WARBIRD SURVIVORS
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to those highly professional men and women who serve in PACOM and NORAD. Many of them served with the aircrews who flew or serviced the military aircraft described in this handbook.
I would also like to mention the airmen who flew in Consolidated B-24J Liberator Serial No. 44-40332, who did not survive the crash of their aircraft on the Island of Oahu on the 5th of May 1944. There are still some remains from this crash site, high on the Aiea loop trail, as of the 30th of July 2001. These airmen, and all the aircrew like them who came to Hawaii, are remembered.
EPIGRAPH
To control the air, aircraft bring certain characteristics which are not shared by land or sea forces—the ability to carry weapons over long ranges at great speed, the ability to concentrate rapidly large forces over a distant point, the ability to switch targets and to surprise and deceive-in a word, flexibility.¹
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Wreckage from B-24J Liberator, Aiea Loop Trail
2. Aeronca 65TC
3. Bell UJ-1H Iroquois „Huey" Helicopter
4. Bell AH-1S Cobra Helicopter
5. Bell OH-58A Kiowa Helicopter
6. Chance Vought F-8J Crusader
7. Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
8. Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
9. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (replica)
10. Douglas RB-26C Invader
11. Grumman S2 Tracker
12. Hiller OH-23G Raven Helicopter
13. LIM-2 (Poland)/Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bis Fresco B
14. Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune
15. Lockheed P-3 Orion
16. McDonnell Douglas A-4D-2 Skyhawk
17. McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II
18. McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II
19. McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle
20. LIM-2 (Poland) MiG-15 bis (Fagot-B)
21. North American B-25J Mitchell
22. North American F-86E Sabre
23. North American F-86E Sabre
24. North American F-86L Sabre Dog
25. Sikorsky RH-53 Helicopter
FOREWORD
Hawaii is rich in aviation history, both military and civilian. The vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean and our fundamental dependence on air travel have contributed to our development as air-faring
nations. The proud military heritage of the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard is embodied in the individuals who have served and who continue to do so—and in the aircraft they have flown.
The preservation of the aircraft that represent this heritage is a labor of love for many. For those who are enthusiasts of military aviation history, those with a passing interest, or those who simply want to learn more, you will find a wealth of information in these pages to guide you along the way.
PREFACE
There are a number of us who have a continuing interest in retired military aircraft that are preserved in the state of Hawaii. Many of these old warbirds can be found on the airfields at Hickam, Wheeler, Barber’s Point and Kaneohe on Oahu, standing guard near installations which are part of the present day forces of USPACOM. Many other aircraft are not on display, although some of their remains can be found in at least 40 different crash sites on the island, such as B-24J Liberator Serial No. 44-40332, which hit a mountain near the Aiea trail on Oahu in 1944.
Many examples of aircraft that served the US Army Air Corps, US Army Air Force, the USAF, the US Navy, and the US Coast Guard, are being salvaged and preserved, particularly where they are of significant historical interest. As an aviation enthusiast, historian, artist, and photographer, I have attempted to keep track of where a good number of these Warbird Survivors
are presently located, and specifically for this book, those aircraft that are on display in Hawaii.
The purpose of this handbook is to provide a simple checklist of where Hawaii’s surviving warbirds are, and to illustrate the package with at least one photograph of each survivor. Former military aircraft are continuing to be being recovered from their crash sites, or traded or brought back from owners who have been flying them in other countries. In spite of this, there are still an incredible number of warbirds from American’s aviation heritage for which no single example exists anywhere in the world, and many for which none exist in the USA. The book lists the warbird survivors that can be found in Hawaii alphabetically by manufacturer, number and aircraft type, along with a bit of its history in the US military. Although most of the photographs used to illustrate the aircraft are my own, although a number have kindly been provided by the USAF Museum and the National Museum of Naval Aviation. Due to space limitations, I have provided a selection of only those warbirds that can be found in Hawaii.
No list can ever be completely up to date, so if you as a reader have additional information to add, please forward an update to me at 2110 Cloverdale Drive, Colorado Springs, CO, 80920, or email me at h.skaarup@worldnet.att.net.
It is my sincere hope that the list of Hawaii Warbird Survivors will continue to grow, as more of them are recovered and restored. Grant that you find the handbook useful. Cheers, Harold A. Skaarup
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to acknowledge each and every member of the museum staffs, particularly the volunteers, of the aviation history sections on the Island of Oahu. Their patience and assistance in helping me to ensure that the data that has gone into the compilation of this handbook is as complete as it can be to the time of printing is greatly appreciated. Their support and assistance in tracking down the information pertaining to each of the individual aircraft listed here was invaluable.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Image520.JPGOn the 30th of June 2001, I hiked along the rugged Aiea Loop mountain trail in search of the wreckage of an aircraft that I had first heard about the year before from a Marine on duty at Camp Smith, Oahu, Hawaii. He was certain there was a downed Japanese Zero in the woods above the base. I heard the story again from others on the island of Oahu, but it was the historians at base headquarters who set me straight. There are at least 40 known aviation crash sites on the island, not including the sites where the 29 Japanese aircraft that were destroyed during the attack on Hawaii came down. All 29 of the Japanese wrecks were recovered and sent to Australia for evaluation shortly after the attack, and therefore, none exist on the Islands of Hawaii. The wreck over the hill turned out to be an American four engine Consolidated B-24J Liberator bomber.
On the morning of the 5th of May 1944, Army Air Corps Liberator No. 44-40332, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Wayne R. Kimble, rolled down the runway of Hickam Field and took off. Minutes later, the plane was a fiery wreck spread across a ridge in the hills above Aiea. According to Ken Thompson, the details of the crash are not widely known. The wreckage of the bomber lies on the edge of the Aiea Loop Trail at about the halfway point. The remains of one wing are clearly visible wrapped against a tree, and this debris forms what is arguably Hawaii’s most widely known crash site. The ten members of the B-24 crew included 2Lt Kimble; his co-pilot 2Lt. William E. Somsel Jr.; 2Lt Charles E. Mueller, the aircraft’s navigator; and the 2Lt Morris Righthand, the Liberator’s bombardier; and the gunners, Staff Sgt. Jack J. Dowd; Staff Sgt. Marion F. Norman; Sgt James H. Means; Cpl Manuel F. Campos; Cpl Gerald L. Weiss; and Cpl Joseph J. Carlucci.²
At the time of the crash, no stories appeared in any of the local papers informing the general public about the mishap. In the interests of wartime security as well as concern for morale on the home front,