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..

Sinopse

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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Livreiro: Capricorn Books (CA)
Nº do estoque do livreiro: 29685
Título: THE LOST SQUADRON.
Autor: Hayes, David
Ilustrador: Lou Sapienza, Cornelius Braun, David Kaufman, photography. William S. Phillips, Craig Kodera, aviation art.
Formato/Encadernação: Capa dura
Estado do livro: Usado - Muito Bom
Condição de sobrecapa: Very Good
Edição: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0747518262
ISBN 13: 9780747518266
Editorial: Bloomsbury / Madison Press
Local de publicação: Toronto
Data de publicação: 1994
Palavras-chave: 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
Catálogos de livreiros: Military - World War II; Military - Aviation;

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