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P-38 Lightning "Glacier Girl" to fly again after 65 years

London, United Kingdom - It will land on Friday June 29th at Duxford airport

USAF P-38 Lightning "Glacier Girl" fighter will land on Friday, June 29th, at Duxford airport, United Kingdom. It was a key aircraft in several operations of World War II and in 1992 was recovered in the Greenland glacier. The aircraft was already in service when the USA officially went to war. In 1941 the possibility of invading France by the allied forces was looming, but this hypothesis was...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1076100
Rome, Italy, 06/28/2007 14:43
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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