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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
I'm vaguely aware of the TV series in your link, but I think it may have been in a previous post on here; I don't know whether it's actually been on TV in the UK.
How much material have they actually recovered, or did the whole project founder?
I know... "Get the book!"
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As far as I know, they only recovered one P-38 and a few parts from one of the B-17's. Yes, I know. I need to read my book. lol. I've only had a chance to leaf through it, look at the pictures and read the intro. I'm not positive but I think this was the most difficult and expensive war-bird recovery effort ever taken on. They got a lot of financial backing from a tobacco company but the harsh location and depth of ice they had to contend with really exacerbated the usual problems encountered with projects like these. Plus the Herc they relied on for the majority of logistics hauling was suddenly unavailable due to Iraq invading Kuwait.