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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 08:52 AM
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Forgotten WWII fighter plane found on beach in Wales--great aireal pic

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Forgotten WWII fighter plane found on beach in Wales


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American P-38 fighter plane emerged from surf and sand on a beach in Wales

Plane crash-landed on a beach sixty-five years ago after it ran out of gas

It suddenly reappeared due to unusual conditions causing the sands to shift

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Sixty-five years after it ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, an American Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter plane has emerged from the surf and sand where it lay buried -- a World War II relic long forgotten by the U.S. government and unknown to the British public.


Historic aircraft specialists inspect the P-38 fighter plane recently found on the Welsh coast.

1 of 2 During those decades, beach strollers, sunbathers and swimmers were often within a few yards of the aircraft, utterly unaware of its existence just under the sand.

Only this past summer did it suddenly reappear due to unusual conditions that caused the sands to shift and erode. E-mail to a friend

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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 08:57 AM
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1. that's really interesting.
sad too.
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Tinksrival Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:05 AM
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2. Here's the pics


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maine_raptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:08 AM
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3. See also:
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:06 AM
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4. That's really cool. I'm sure some group will get it and restore it to its former glory.
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:09 AM
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5. Very Cool
there were so few P-38'S that survived the war that this ought to make a great restoration project for some Air Museum
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