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Franz - This is correct. Many of them were purchased by scrap dealers for the metal and Aviation Fuel. Some were purchased at auctions for various uses. Many were scrapped in Kingman and Tucson,Arizona, Walnut Ridge ,
Arkansas , Stillwater , Oklahoma by the U.S. Government. The Navy dumped many in the ocean and others were destroyed in other countries.
Most of these were bombers and some fighters. New P -51s and F4U Corsairs were retained by Armed Forces as were B - 29s ,a few B - 17s
and new Transports.
Mike