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P-38 Wreckage Found
markm
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 05:45 PM UTC
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071114/ap_on_re_us/lost_fighter_plane;_ylt=ApKEm0XlnpCPzLpVlb3pU.9H2ocA


Just found this story and thought I would post the link for the skeet lovers
Bigskip
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 08:31 PM UTC
Thanks for this Mark

it had slipped under my Radar

Andy
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 04:28 AM UTC
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071114/ap_on_re_us/lost_fighter_plane;_ylt=ApKEm0XlnpCPzLpVlb3pU.9H2ocA

Hot Link.

Caught it over on Fark this morning. Good find.
There was a great article in the Oct 2007 issue of Smithsonian Magazine about the guys salvaging the B17 "Swamp Ghost" in New Guinea.
Link to the wreck, not the article:

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2446.html

Shaun
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 11:10 AM UTC
I like this line in the article:

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Officially, the U.S. Air Force considers any aircraft lost before Nov. 19, 1961 — when a fire destroyed many records — as "formally abandoned," and has an interest in such cases only if human remains are involved


So if you find one in your backyard, or apple orchard or barn, it's yours to keep. Please return the remains though.
fantacmet
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 06:17 PM UTC
They can have the remains, I wanna rebuild the aircraft. LOL
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