Group hunts Pacific jungles for remains of WWII fighters, planes (1 Viewer)

[BLReed]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/03/group-hunts-pacific-jungles-for-remains-wwii-fighters-planes/

 

[Larry Allen]

Wow a very interesting read.
Every time I see one of these type articles I can't help but having my mind conjure up what it must have been like at that fateful moment.
70 years is a long time to bring a hero home!
God bless those guys who help make that happen.

--- Larry

 

[theBaron]

Thanks for sharing the story!

It was a similar effort that found the wreckage of a P-61 on a mountaintop in New Guinea. That airframe was recovered, and is undergoing restoration at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum outside of Reading PA. The museum just kicked off an online donation campaign through Kickstarter.com. The goal is to have her airworthy in another 5 years or so. You can visit the project's page at the museum's website [url="http://www.maam.org/p61.html]here[/url]

Prost!
Brad

 

[BLReed]

Thanks for sharing the story!

It was a similar effort that found the wreckage of a P-61 on a mountaintop in New Guinea. That airframe was recovered, and is undergoing restoration at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum outside of Reading PA.

Thanks. That was good.
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