under the ice
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under the ice
the p-47 s and the bombers under the ice.what has happend to them
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Re: under the ice
If you are refering to the Greenland group...it was 6 ? X P38s and 2 X B17s that forced landed there. Finally located by ice penetrating radar, a steam gizmo 'the gopher' was deigned and built to melt a shaft down... some 270 ft !. Then a cavity was steamed out before dismantling the aircraft. There is a very good book, the title escapes me, about the recovery of one P38, now flying as "Glacier Girl". A B17? and another P38 were looked at, if my memory serves, but both squashed flat/ sheared by the ice.
Has to be the most amazing recovery event ever, in one of the most hostile places on eath.!
Has to be the most amazing recovery event ever, in one of the most hostile places on eath.!
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Re: under the ice
sorry about the miss ident on the fighters its been a wile