Gilldiver
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Here is the story of a P-38 that was recovered from under a bit more solid water and brought back to flying status.
http://www.thelostsquadron.com/
http://www.thelostsquadron.com/
A neat salvage operation story for you cold water divers.
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Wow, very cool, I have the book on the recovery of "Glacier Girl"... great to see her flying! Thanks for the link 
Who remembers watching Nova's, "B29 Frozen In Time" about the atempt at recovering Kee Bird and the heartbreaking outcome? ... http://www.aycsnetwork.com/keebirdb-29/usairpowerjournelwebsite.htm
Who remembers watching Nova's, "B29 Frozen In Time" about the atempt at recovering Kee Bird and the heartbreaking outcome? ... http://www.aycsnetwork.com/keebirdb-29/usairpowerjournelwebsite.htm
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ScubaSarus
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Thanks for the P-38 link. Ill post on our IL-2 Sturmovick flightsim forum. Thats a neat find the Gilldiver
Gilldiver
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I spoke with one of the guys that did the P-38 recovery - it was very complicated. Besides being down over 200' the air temp was 29F with lots of water and the ice was full of 110 octane gas. They tried to use drysuits to keep warm but the gas kept melting the rubber in the suits.
