Actually, there are several P-38's being restored at a field in Kentucky (I
think it is). They were recovered from Greenland under more then 100 feet of
ice. The recovery process was documented in a PBS special titled "The Lost
Squadron." Some (perhaps most) of the aircraft, and a B17 too, are still
under the ice. Recovery of the P-38's cost a cool (heh) million a piece. It
was stated that the B17 was so heavily crushed by the weight of the ice that
it would be infeasible to recover it, though most of the 38's were in good
shape.

If, you get a chance, check it out. The "mole" process they used during
extraction was quite ingenious.

Grim
"Lt. Kettch" <AKK### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> I'd like to see the P-38. The Lt. General (Lake?) of Elmendorf AFB
> started a recovery of the last known P-38 (I think the G model) before
> he died. (Plane crash)
> The P-38 went down on a training flight in the Unalaska islands, and the
> air force just left it there. But this year, it was at the air show
> after about a year and a half being fixed up.
>

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