'Lost Squadron' WWII Warplane Discovered Deep Beneath a Greenland Glacier

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'Lost Squadron' WWII Warplane Discovered Deep Beneath a Greenland Glacier
By Tom Metcalfe, Live Science Contributor | August 25, 2018 06:45am ET

 

'Lost Squadron' WWII Warplane Discovered Deep Beneath a Greenland Glacier

A World War II airplane that was lost in Greenland decades ago has been found deep beneath glacial ice. The warplane was part of the so-called Lost Squadron, and was first spotted by an aerial drone, though a ground-based survey confirmed the location. Searchers hope to eventually melt the ice and recover the warplane.
 

Searchers have located the wreck of a P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft buried deep within a glacier in Greenland, more than 70 years after a lost squadron of U.S. warplanes crash-landed on the ice there during World War II.

The search team plans to dig and melt the rediscovered warplane out of the glacier next summer — and the searchers hope that their techniques can locate other World War II air wrecks in the region, including some that carried MIA (missing in action) U.S. airmen. [Photos: WWII Battleship 'USS Juneau' Discovered]
The Lost Squadron of airplanes included a group of two B-17 bombers and six P-38 fighters flying from the U.S. to Britain in July 1942 when they hit a storm and went down in remote Greenland. Here, a photo of the P-38 fighter on the ice.

https://www.livescience.com/63423-lost-squadron-unearthed-greenland-glacier.html

[truth_seeker]

"Both aircraft were part of a group of two B-17 bombers and six P-38 fighters flying from the U.S. to Britain in July 1942. They were traveling through a chain of secret airbases in Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland known as the Snowball Route.
Hundreds of U.S. aircraft flew this route during World War II as part of Operation Bolero, which delivered warplanes, pilots, equipment and supplies for the planned Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.
But after flying into a severe blizzard, the eight aircraft from the lost squadron were forced to crash-land on the surface of the glacier beside Køge Bay in southeastern Greenland."

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Far better article, than the Usual Suspect saying the same thing dozens of times a day, with just slightly different words.

[truth_seeker]

Before the US officially entered the war, I believe "Canadian" pilots flew planes to Europe along a similar route.

Some Americans joined the Canadian military, to assist.

I believe some women also flew planes from Canada to Europe.

If the US and Great Britain have a "special relationship, the US and Canada have a really special relationship.