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THE LOST SQUADRON.

THE LOST SQUADRON.

THE LOST SQUADRON.

THE LOST SQUADRON.

by Hayes, David

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  • Hardcover
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ISBN 10
0747518262
ISBN 13
9780747518266
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Toronto: Bloomsbury / Madison Press, 1994. 223 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, maps, reproductions. "The real-life quest to free WWII planes (6 P-38 Lightnings and 2 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers), entombed within a Greenland glacier. They had become an Arctic legend. Tales of an entire squadron of war-birds from 1942 still sitting on the ice in Greenland were passed from one pilot to another. On a jaunt to the far north in 1980, two pilots from Atlanta, Georgia, heard the story and decided to look for the lost planes. What began as casual curiosity soon became a twelve-year adventure and a multimillion-dollar obsession. Here is the gripping, true story of how perseverance triumphed over seemingly impossible odds in pursuit of a dream." Slight bump at top of spine, very light wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has wrinkling and tiny tear at top of spine - archivally taped, minor edge wrinkling, very light rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lou Sapienza, Cornelius Braun, David Kaufman, photography. William S. Phillips, Craig Kodera, aviation art..

Synopsis

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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Bookseller
Capricorn Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
29685
Title
THE LOST SQUADRON.
Author
Hayes, David
Illustrator
Lou Sapienza, Cornelius Braun, David Kaufman, photography. William S. Phillips, Craig Kodera, aviation art.
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0747518262
ISBN 13
9780747518266
Publisher
Bloomsbury / Madison Press
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
1994
Keywords
World War II, Lost Squadron, Greenland, P-38 Lightning, B-17 Flying Fortress, Pat Epps, Richard Taylor, Excavation, Atlanta Georgia, Bombers, Bobbie Bailey, Bruce Bevan, Big Stoop, Helgi Bjoernsson, Bluie West Eight, don Brooks, Bob Cardin, Cessna 185, DC
Bookseller catalogs
Military - World War II; Military - Aviation;

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