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  • November 15, 2007 at 2:42 am #908 Reply
    Phidippides
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    This was an interesting story….and the photo of the fighter in shallow water is pretty nice.WWII P-38 fighter discovered in WalesOne of the interesting tidbits from the article was the following, which I did not know beforehand:

    Officially, the U.S. Air Force considers any aircraft lost before Nov. 19, 1961 ? when a fire destroyed many records ? as "formally abandoned," and has an interest in such cases only if human remains are involved.

    So, if you stumble across that old partially-buried triplane in the wooded area of your backyard, you will likely be able to claim it as your own!

    November 16, 2007 at 12:37 am #10189 Reply
    H.H. Buggfuzz
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    I hope they can recover it without too much damage. Not a lot of Lightnings left nowdays.  Yamamoto probably thought they made one too many tho.I saw in the article that the pilot walked away from the belly landing and was later shot down and killed near Tunisia.

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