Comments by "FiveCentsPlease" (@FiveCentsPlease) on "How Many WW2 Fighters Survive in 2023?" video.

  1.  @andrewwaller5913  The same workshop in Russia was building another IL-2, but I don't know where it will go. There is an IL-10 project in France but I don't know the status.
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  2. +@obiemichaels9675 Yes, that is the Fw-190 found in the forest.
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  3. +@Hagmire The Collings Foundation Fw-190F-8 rolled out in the spring, but I don't think they have test flown it yet.
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  4. +@UncleBubba13 The "Atlanta" Zero is well-known and ended up at Paul Allen's museum as a wreck. Allen's museum sold it to Germany where I think it will eventually start a rebuild to flying.
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  5. +@jjt1093 Only one WW2 airframe if flying. Several replicas are flying, from a batch of 21 new examples sold as kits.
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  6. +@Turkoktonos1 I'm counting maybe ten Yak-9 survivors, but none that are flying.
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  7. +@noodels_productions He is not correct with four flyable Bf-109s. The number is closer to nine or ten flyable examples, although some are down for service and repair. There are a decent number still in restoration but the flying population will always be small from lack of engine spares. There are three flyable Bf-109E with two more rebuilds in progress. The rest are Bf-109G, and some are Buchon conversions.
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  8. +@geoffmorseby4266 Twenty-one replica Fw-190s were manufactured and sold as kits for buyers to complete. The example you saw is one of the kits. About eight of those are flying, some others were used for museum examples or just not finished. There is exactly one WW2 original Fw-190 that is flyable in the US and a second is almost complete before test flying in the US.
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  9. +@wwb7091 Speaking of Richard Bong, this wreckage of his original P-38 "Marge" was found in the jungle in Papua New Guinea this year. It went down in 1944 while being flown by another pilot, who parachuted out and survived.
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  10. +@9abuilder There is exactly one intact Typhoon on static display. And there are at least three projects working to build more, some to airworthy condition if the Sabre engines can be operated safely. There are not many Sabre engines left, so it's amazing that there are three projects.
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  11. +@tjrludicke There is more than one flying Mossie. A workshop in NZ recreated the production jigs and they have been rebuilding several.
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  12. +@starzkream The original factory serial number is unknown. But it is a surviving captured aircraft.
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  13. +@gillesondonoughue5390 No flying Doras, but there two or three wrecks in private hands as projects. There aren't that many left. Some of the Flugwerk replicas will be converted to Dora standard, and there is one that was close to flying with an Allison engine. The Fw-190D-13 at Paul Allen's museum is "sorta" airworthy but would need more work to fly.
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  14.  @biernut8723  You might be thinking of the six P-51s that were left in the nuclear test area of the Australian desert. They were recovered in the 1980s/1990s.
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  15. +@bryanparkhusrt17 There are four new-build Me-262s that fly with GE engines, from a special project that build five. There are eight originals left in museums, plus a couple of reconstructions and two Czech-manufactured examples. One original has been painstakingly restored for short flights, but not flying just yet until new owners can complete the final work.
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  16. +@callenclarke371 There are no operational Sabre engines at this time. Three projects will be using Sabre engines and they will get them working in time. The projects are focusing on airframe construction first.
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  17.  @fishingthelist4017  Roush Aerospace rebuilds Merlins and manufactures some Merlin parts. Jack Roush approached Rolls Royce about starting a production run to make some new Merlins, but Rolls Royce refused to grant him license on the engine. RR did allow a shop in the UK to manufacture brand-new Merlin heads to support the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight aircraft. The technology is here, but I have doubts that RR, BMW, and Mercedes would be receptive to license new engines just yet. There is a hobbyist in Europe that is slowing putting DB and BMW engines into CAD and he is making/machining non flyable engines for clients.
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  18. +@alvaroroca3 There are eight original Me-262 survivors, plus a couple of reconstructions and two Czech-made examples from after WW2. One original is being restored for short flights. There are four new-build examples that fly with GE engines, and one new-build static Me-262.
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  19. +@salinagrrrl69 The last large group of military P-51s came from the Dominican Republic when they retired from active service in 1984. I don't have the exact numbers, but I think David Lindsey from Cavalier Aircraft snapped them up and resold them to US buyers.
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  20. +@barryadams243 Many yes, but not all of them. Drawings are sometimes incomplete. The German and Japanese types are rare.
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  21. +@derekheeps1244 More than one Mossie is airworthy, thanks to a New Zealand workshop that recreated all of the molds and jigs for the type. They are still working on several examples.
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  22. +@relaxingnature2617 Only two intact Stukas plus wreckage. One new project has been rebuilt to fly, but new owners need to complete the work. A flying Stuka was nearly impossible until this new project filled in missing info.
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  23. +@charliebryce3783 No flying Typhoon or Tempest project has a working engine yet. The engine alone will be a big challenge, but the projects are working in that direction.
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  24. A very accurate list of surviving aircraft will always be difficult. There are project aircraft that have been in storage for decades that are often missing from lists that are assumed to be very correct. And new discoveries, water salvage, etc will add more. A box of miscellaneous Fw-190D-9 parts was for sale recently, but offered as a Fw-190D with a serial number. Eventually that will become another rebuilt survivor. Type experts that make the lists sometimes cannot keep up.
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  25. +@trooperdgb9722 Many "gate guard" Spitfires and Hurricanes came down when the Battle of Britain movie was made. The restoration expertise today is quite amazing and more restorations are taking place, with more focus on the rare types resurrected from little more than fragments.
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  26. +@garyburgmylifeandtimes6354 There are P-38s and Corsairs flying, although the P-38 population is low. No flying Stukas, but one flying project is almost complete.
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  27. +@rogernagel1041 One one original WW2 airframe is flyable and it has the BMW. There is a new restoration that just rolled out that will also fly with the BMW.
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  28. +@pac1fic055 Paul Allen's museum bought the Ki-43 from NZ, intending to rebuild it into a flying example.
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