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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: YourDead on February 28, 2003, 08:43:18 AM

Title: P38's buried in ice
Post by: 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?

Title: P38's buried in ice
Post by: YourDead 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

Title: P38's buried in ice
Post by: ra 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

Title: P38's buried in ice
Post by: gofaster on February 28, 2003, 10:28:54 AM

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

Title: P38's buried in ice
Post by: hogenbor 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.