Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation (MARC)
Founder & President - David Talichet
Vice President - Cecilla Talichet
Chief Engineer - Joe Krzeminski
Chino, California, USA

History
Founded in the early 1970s as 'Yesterday's Air Force'. It is one of the longest running aircraft recovery and salvage companies. Later renamed "Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation" (MARC) have been involved in dozens of recoveries, and a few restoration projects. Tallichet is a WWII veteran himself, who served in Europe, and a successful businessman with a passion for old airplanes. MARC is a private company, there is no museum open to the public, or displays.

In Memory - David Talichet passed away on October 31, 2007

Collection
During the early 1970's a number of aircraft wrecks were recovered from the Pacific, mostly from Papua New Guinea mainly by Charles Darby and Monty Armstrong.

P-40N Serial Number 42-104961
Recovered in 1973. In storage, no restoration work completed

P-40N Serial Number 42-104959
Recovered in 1974. In storage until 2002, sold to John Fallis

A-20G-40-DO Serial Number 43-21627
Recovered in 1974. Under sporadic restoration for past 30 years

A-20H Serial Number 44-0020
Recovered from Nicaragua and under restoration in Beaver Creek, PA

Restored Aircraft
Aircraft restored by MARC (Partial List)

OA-10 Catalina "Snafu Snatchers" Bureau No 46595
Now displayed at USAF Museum

Salvage Activities In The Pacific
The company has been involved with many salvage operations. They have also worked around the world to salvage other aircraft, including: Hawker Hurricanes from Eastern Canada, Seafurys from Iraq, A-20 & A-26 from Nicaragua and a B-29 from China Lake, Nevada. Their involvement with Pacific aircraft includes:

B-24 Liberator Recovery
Recovered from India in 1972, this was the company's first recovery. This B-24 was returned to flying status, and tours the US air show circuit.

B-26 Marauder Recoveries
Several B-26's were recovered from western Canada in the late 1970's

Tadji Recoveries 1973-75
Tallichet sponsored one of the world's single largest recoveries of aircraft wrecks, from Tadji in Papua New Guinea, with the majority of the work in 1974.  New Zealander Charles Darby and Australian 'Monty' Armstrong preformed the recovery work. Most of the P-40s recovered by were taken from the “dump sites” at the end of the Tadji strips. The salvage work was easy, as all the aircraft were near the road and barge service was available to ship them away from Aitape. Recovered were over a dozen complete aircraft and a variety of parts.

Recovered aircraft wrecks were:
A-20 43-21627 | P-39Q 42-19993 | P-39Q 42-19995 | P-39N 42-19027 | P-40N 42-104730 / A29-448 | P-40N 42-105915 | P-40N A29-405 | P-40N A29-414 | P-40N 42-105951 | Beaufort A9-13 | Beaufort A9-557 | Beaufort A9-559 | Beaufort A9-226 | P-39N 42-8740 | P-39N 42-19027 | P-39Q 42-19991 | P-39Q 42-20339 | P-40N 42-106101

B-17E 41-2446 (aka 'Swamp Ghost')
MARC was involved with the attempted recovery of the B-17E 41-2446 "Swamp Ghost" from 1998 until 2001. Later, Alfred Hagen bought out Tallichet's interests, and continued the project solo.