Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.544973
EAN num: 9780786860487
ISBN number: 0786860480
Label: Hyperion Books
Manufacturer: Hyperion Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 223
Printing Date: 1994-11
Publishing house: Hyperion Books
Sale Popularity Level: 1012898
Studio: Hyperion Books
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A lavishly illustrated work records the amazing reclamation of a fleet of American World War II warplanes buried in ice in Greenland since the war and recovered by two amateur aviation enthusiasts. 35,000 very first printing.
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In the early months of the US's involvment in WW2, a squadron of P38 Lightnings and 2 B17 "motherships" flying across the Atlantic via Greenland and Iceland were turned back by weather, ran out of fuel and landed on the Greenland icecap. The planes all landed safely and eventually the crew were rescued. The planes remained on the ice in virtually mint condition and eventually become something of a minor legend.
In the 80's, a small group of warbird enthusiasts started attempts to locate and retrieve the aircraft. After many expeditions to the Icecap, they were successful, very first in locating the aircraft (now buried under 250 feet of ice and snow) and then in tunneling down and recovering a B17 (badly crushed) and a P38 which was being restored to flying condition at the time this book was written.
The author, David Hayes, has put together a riveting account, very first of the loss of the aircraft and the recovery of the crews, and then of the expeditions to locate and finally recover the aircraft. There's a huge collection of photo's in this large format book, many of them color. And the story itself is fascinating, even for someone whose not particularly interested in the recovery of old WW2 aircraft. The way they tunneled down thru 250 feet of ice and snow to reach the aircraft and then dismantle it underground is almost worth a book of it's own.
Well worth a read.
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It started as a lark but became serious busines to some. New technology had to be invented and then transported to Greenland. This is an American adventure story, from the flight which left these planes on an ice cap to the recovery 50 years later. Everyone involved seem to have a different motive for recovering a P-38 but adventure seemed to be the glue. A good read about real people. More about the P-38 in combat in "THE LAST GREAT ACE."
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