Episode 98 – WOA – Ian Whitney

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Guest: Ian Whitney

Host: Dave Homewood and James Kightly

Recorded: 14th of November 2015, at Romsey, Australia

Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 20 seconds

In this episode, in the Wings Over Australia sub-series, co-hosts Dave Homewood and James Kightly interview warbird recovery expert and restorer Ian Whitney. Ian talks about his background in aviation and how he got into the unusual field of recovering warbird wrecks from the jungles of Papua New Guinea, and other places around the Pacific War theatre. He also talks about the restoration of his own Curtiss P-40N Warhawk, and its USAAF pilot, Arland Stanton.

The following photos should hopefully assist the listener in understanding the many items being discussed.

Above: Ian Whitney (photo Dave Homewood)

Above: The Beaufort in 2005 (James Kightly)

Above: Photos in Ian’s recovery albums (James Kightly)

Above: Photos in Ian’s recovery albums (James Kightly)

A photo showing the pilot of Arland Stanton, 2nd from left, pilot of Ian’s P-40N restoration aircraft

Above: Photos in Ian’s recovery albums (James Kightly)

Above: Photos in Ian’s recovery albums (James Kightly)

Above: The Douglas Boston in the RAAF Museum at Point Cook

Quick Links:

• A webpage on Arland Stanton
• For a similar topic, WONZ Show Episode 16 – Neville “Shorty” Mines who also recovered warbirds from PNG