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Robert Greinert
Recovery & Restoration of Warbirds

Click For EnlargementAustralian salvager, restorer, and warbird owner. One of the co-founders of Historic Aircraft Restoration Society ((HARS). He had an aircraft recovery permit from Papua New Guinea National Museum (1999 - 2006) and was working to re-restore several of their aircraft: (P-38F 42-12647 and Ki-61 640). Also, to restoring P-47D 4208066 for himself. Rarely interviewed, Greinert has written for Classic Wings Magazine. Read interview with Pacific Wrecks, April 2006.

Restoration Projects

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27608
Recovered from Popondetta in 2000 being used as a pattern for P-47 42-27608

P-47D "Sweetwater Swatter" 42-8066
Being restored to fly by Greinert

Recovered Aircraft

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-22687
Pilot Marion C. Lutes is still listed as MIA. Greinert's interview about its salvage

P-40E Kittyhawk A29-43
Pieces of wreckage recovered in 2003, used as the basis for a new aircraft's identity

P-38G "Dumbo!" 42-12847
Recovered in 2002 from Terapo

P-40N "Come in Suckers" A29-414
Recovered from Tadji in 2001

P-40K "Swing It" 42-45981
Recovered from Oro Province in 2000, donated to PIMA Museum 2002

P-40K Warhawk A29-183
Recovered from Goodenough Island in 1990s, aquired Graham Orphan

Co-Recoveries

B-17E 41-2446 (aka 'The Swamp Ghost')
Re-issue of permits for salvage by Hagen in May 2006

P-40N Warhawk 42-104977
Recovered February 2005 with Murry Griffith / Precision Aerospace

P-40N Warhawk 42-104986
Recovered Sinap in 2004 with Murry Griffith / Precision Aerospace

P-40E "The Spoddessape" 41-25178
Recovered in November 2003 with Jason Cockayne

P-38H Lightining 42-66534
Recovered by Robert Jarrett, using the Robert Greinert / HARS salvage permit

P-40F Warhawk 41-14205
Recovered from Vanuatu in 1989 with Ian Whitney

P-40F "Bone Crusher" 41-14112
Recovered from Vanuatu in 1989 with Ian Whitney

Beaufighter A19-148
Recovered from Drysdale with Dennis Baxter in 1981

Beaufighter A19-144
Recovered from Drysdale with Dennis Baxter in 1981

Partial Recoveries

P-38H "Japanese Sandman II" 42-66905
Tail and booms recovered in late 2000

P-39F Airacobra 41-7191
Pilot listed as MIA, probably bailed out of aircraft. Tail section recovered in 2001

Beaufort A9-622
Tail section recovered in 2000

Beaufort A9-637
Recovered parts and rudder for AWM

Items Exported
From PNG Museum, Port Moresby

P-39D 41-38351 | F-5A 42-13084 | P-40E 41-36166 | Ki-61 299 | Ki-61 640 | P-47 "Frankie" 42-8130

Items Exported From PNG then donated to museums

Kearby's P-47 Tail | Hudson A16-36 Tail | P-40K "Swing It" 42-45981

Restoration Projects For PNG Museum

Ki-61 Tony 640
Removed from PNG Museum July 29, 2004 exported to Australia under restoration at Precision Aerospace

P-38F 42-12647
Parts removed from PNG Museum since 2001, parts at Precision Aerospace

Last Updated
May 15, 2011

 

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