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Re: Greenland P-38's
Posted by Kenneth on Tue Jul 16, 2002 03:17:20 PM
In reply top Greenland P-38's posted by Cees on Mon Jul 15, 2002 08:18:52 AM
There was an organisation in Denmark which intended to recover another one but it seems to have foundered by now. I once attended a lecture in the Danish Aviation Historical Society in Denmark in the eighties, held by its Chairman who was an officer in the RDAF and, for a certain period, liaison officer with one of the first groups attempting recovery. The lesson to be learnt from that lecture was that the logistics of such an undertaking are more than immense; I personally doubt whether others will ever be recovered. I also wonder whether it's worthwile. The weight of almost 60 years of crystallized snow, combined with lateral movements between the different layers of snow, cannot do wonders their condition.