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Glacier Girl is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, World War II fighter plane, 41-7630, c/n 222-5757, restored to flying condition after being buried beneath the Greenland ice sheet for over 50 years. Glacier Girl was part of the Lost Squadron. [1]
The Lost Squadron, 1932 American action film Flight 19 , five United States Navy aircraft that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle in 1945 Glacier Girl and seven other United States Air Force aircraft abandoned in Greenland in 1942
The 1st Squadron of the Royal Danish Navy is primarily focused on national operations in and around the Faroe Islands and Greenland. As of 2023, the 1st Squadron is composed of: Four Thetis-class patrol vessels; Three Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessels; and, The royal yacht HDMY Dannebrog (having a secondary surveillance and sea-rescue role) [21]
The lost squadron and Comanche Bay; The NYT - Search Crew Finds World War II Plane That Crashed in Greenland; War History - A plane found 38 feet under the ice: A Daring, High-Risk Rescue ‘Frozen in Time’: The fate of brave airmen, locked in the ice
The 4683d Air Defense Wing was established in 1960 when Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed host responsibility for Thule Air Base from Strategic Air Command. [1] [2] Its operational mission was to act at the command and control echelon, controlling both a radar and a fighter squadron in Greenland to provide forward air defense of northeast North America.
Richard Virgil Grace (October 1, 1898 – June 25, 1965), known as Dick Grace, was an American stunt pilot who specialized in crashing planes for films.Films that he appeared in include Sky Bride, The Lost Squadron, Lilac Time, and the first Best Picture Oscar winner Wings.
During Operation Bolero, the ferrying of combat aircraft from the U.S. to the U.K. by air, a flight of two Boeing B-17E-BO Flying Fortress bombers, 41-9101, c/n 2573, "Big Stoop", and 41-9105, c/n 2577, "Do-Do", of the 97th Bomb Group and six Lockheed P-38F Lightnings of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, on the 845-mile (1,360 km ...
Radioman First Class Benjamin A. Bottoms, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroism and extraordinary achievement in the line of his profession as radioman while participating in aerial flights incident to the rescue of Army fliers, stranded on the Greenland Ice Cap, on November 28 and 29, 1942. Maintaining excellent contact by ...