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Re: Rumors and stuff
Posted by MikeZ on Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:58:20 AM
In reply top Rumors and stuff posted by Rob Rohr on Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:10:43 PM
B17E 41-9205 ditched in Lake Bennett, 12 men died, on October 16, 1943. Aircraft was salvaged by hard hat divers, dismantled, useful parts stripped and balance of aircraft taken to scrap pit in Whitehorse, Yukon
Excellent pictures of salvage operation, and in scrap pit on page 154, Warplanes to Alaska, Blake W. Smith.