Ro.37 found in Afghanistan

[Davide Pastore]

Some Ro.37 (or what it has been left of them) has been found near Kabul (16 of them were exported to Afghanistan in 1938).

http://www.paginedidifesa.it/2006/pdd_060331.html

Davide

[FACH]

Extreme interesting!

Davide, here in my country (Chile) we have it some italian material before (and in) IIWW, like the Nardi FN.305 (9) and the Breda 65 (20). I hope some day I could find parts of this italian a/cs, like the turret of a Breda 65 who is in the Museum of the Chilean Air Force in Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile.

FACH

[a300mech]

Sorry, I cannot read Italian. Are the remains of those aircraft going to be preserved, and/or restored?

[Davide Pastore]

Sorry, I cannot read Italian. Are the remains of those aircraft going to be preserved, and/or restored?

Who knows? Technically they are property of the Afghanistan government, so Italian soldiers can't simply take them and bring them home.

Davide

[Sitzkrieg]

Well, that did not stop the brits from looting Hawker Furies they found in Iraq.... Technically they were the property of the iraqi government, and would have been first-class material for an aviation museum there, when things calm down.

[a300mech]

Who knows? Technically they are property of the Afghanistan government, so Italian soldiers can't simply take them and bring them home.

Davide

Obviously I didn't mean to imply that ANYONE should "steal" them. However if the Afghans don't want them, it would be nice if the planes were sold, or donated to an organization with the means to preserve and hopefully restore them.

[Merobaudes]

Hi.
Actually I don't know if this find has been already discussed on this forum.
Anyway I point out that 6 relics of IMAM Ro.37bis have been found in Afghanistan in 2006.
The airplane was sold by Italy to Afghanistan in 1938.
This is the new:
http://theaviationist.com/2010/07/12/th ... ghanistan/
Here you see pictures of the restored airplane:
http://milano.corriere.it/milano/notizi ... 4701.shtml
Best.
Carlo

[Snautzer05]

Thanks, i did see the wreck but never the restored airplane

It was discovered like this http://www.aerei-italiani.net/IMAM_Ro37_Afghanistan.htm

[Dili]

The airplane was sold by Italy to Afghanistan in 1938.

Was it sold back or since it was in what appears to be a trash place it was only taken over?

[Merobaudes]

I guess it was just taken over in 6 parts from the trash place.
Best.
Carlo

[Cantankerous]

Who knows? Technically they are property of the Afghanistan government, so Italian soldiers can't simply take them and bring them home.

Davide

Obviously I didn't mean to imply that ANYONE should "steal" them. However if the Afghans don't want them, it would be nice if the planes were sold, or donated to an organization with the means to preserve and hopefully restore them.

The IMAM Ro.37bis found in Afghanistan by Italian troops is now on display at the Vigna di Valle Museum in Italy.

Link:
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Afghani ... ce/1634945

[ROLAND1369]

Here is what the aircraft looked like in 2004 when I was there.