Author Topic: P38's buried in ice (Read 373 times)

YourDead · « **on:** February 28, 2003, 08:43:18 AM »

I remember reading an article a loooooooooong time ago (early 90s?) in Popular Mechanics about some P-38's that had to be ditched after a botched mission in the Artic or Antarctic or somewhere really cold, i forgot, lol.

well they had found the site where they are located and they were under like 80 feet of ice / snow... i forgot

does anyone know what im referring to? any more info on this?

YourDead · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2003, 08:44:57 AM »

oh wow, they pulled one out and its flying again!! sweet

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/27/glacier.girl.ap/

ok... found another site

http://www.aetn.org/lostsquadron/lostsquadronviewerguide.shtml

this is pretty cool

ra · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2003, 08:45:06 AM »

They have flown one of these planes already. There is a website out there, you should be able to find it.

ra

gofaster · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2003, 10:28:54 AM »

I read the book. Not sure if its still in print. "The Lost Squadron".

hogenbor · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2003, 01:08:01 PM »

I know the story, the book you refer to is actually in my local library. Never found out if they managed to get the P-38's out. And now they even got one flying again! Great.