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Re: Swiss B-17 bits from Lake Zug

Posted by Jim Harley on Mon Nov 05, 2001 08:25:41 AM

In reply top Swiss B-17 bits from Lake Zug posted by Cees Broere on Mon Nov 05, 2001 06:23:57 AM

: Hi All,
:
: Remember the several topics on this board (and WWW/VA) abo
: ut the B-17 which was raised from Lake Zug in Switzerland
: and was scrapped during the seventies.
:
: I visited the museum of our collegues CRASH at Lisserbroek
: and there on display are two complete engines with cowlin
: gs, a stripped third. various parts of the engine-mounting
: , firewall etc. the throttle console with a pilot's seat a
: nd a section of fuselage-skinning bearing the name
: "Lonesome Polecat" (I wonder how many aircraft were chris
: tened with the same name during the war). The condition is
: excellent considering that they were recovered after a de
: cade underwater.
:
: Just in case you wanted to know.
:
: Cheers
: Cees
: www.nfla.nl

Wally Forman's book lists 9 of them...all with serials and one with a photo. I have the serials if you are interested

Jim

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