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The Lost Squadron: A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in Ice for Fifty Years
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The Lost Squadron: A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in Ice for Fifty Years Hardback - 2008

by David Hayes

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On July 15, 1942, a squadron of six P-38 Lightnings and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers was flying from Greenland to Iceland when they ran head-on into an Arctic blizzard. As conditions deteriorated they decided to turn back, only to then discover that the base there [Greenland] was socked in. Running desperately low on fuel the two bombers and six fighter planes crash-landed on the ice cap in the largest forced landing in history. The crews had been rescued but their brand-new warplanes were left on the ice cap. Pat Epps and Richard Taylor heard the story in August 1980. For the next twelve years, this story would lead Epps and Taylor into an extraordinary adventure that would prove more challenging then either of them would have dreamed possible. The planes lay 260 ft down, under the ice, the equivalent of a 25 story building. And no machine in existence was capable of digging hundreds of feet into solid ice to retrieve a ten-ton airplane with a fifty-two foot wingspan. Here, the story is grippingly told and lavishly illustrated with hundreds of fascinating photographs, paintings and diagrams.

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In this fully illustrated and lavishly produced work, the creators of Titantic: An Illustrated History chronicle the amazing recovery of a fleet of World War II warplanes, frozen in Greenland for 50 years. The first rescued plane is due to be flown in air shows nationwide starting in August 1994. Over 300 full-color photos.

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  • Title The Lost Squadron: A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in Ice for Fifty Years
  • Author David Hayes
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 223
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chartwell Books, 10B
  • Publication date 2008-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780785823766 / 078582376X
  • Weight 2.61 lbs (1.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.2 x 8.86 x 0.9 in (28.45 x 22.50 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations,, Lightning (Fighter planes) - Conservation
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.544

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