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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]
Lost Squadron may refer to: 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 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 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]
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.
The fifth, Boeing B-17G-5-BO Flying Fortress 42-31188 ("Dead Man's Hand") of the 709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group [46] (piloted by Lt. Robert F. Glazener on its 111th combat mission), was the last 8 AF heavy bomber lost to Axis fighters in the European theatre. Seven of its eight crew members escaped from the plane.
The Lost Squadron is a 1932 American pre-Code drama, action, film starring Richard Dix, Mary Astor, and Robert Armstrong, with Erich von Stroheim and Joel McCrea in supporting roles, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the novel The Lost Squadron by Dick Grace, [2] the film is about three World War I pilots who find jobs after the war ...
Five men are killed and two missing in the crash of Consolidated B-24J-40-CO Liberator, 42-73365, [187] (the first block 40-CO airframe) of the 776th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho, piloted by Lt. Richard A. Hedges, [182] when it crashes on the grounds of the Idaho National Laboratory, [188] 40 miles NW of the ...