Question: On July 15, 1942, eight U.S. warplanes bound for England were forced to ditch in Greenland.
The crews were rescued, but the planes were left, entombed in ice. One plane was found and restored. What happened to that plane?
Answer: The P-38 was housed at the Lost Squadron Museum in Middlesboro, Ky., until March when it was sold to Rod Lewis of Lewis Aeronautical in San Antonio.
The recovery effort included Pat Epps, of Epps Air Service in Atlanta, Ga., and Atlanta architect Richard Taylor, who formed the Greenland Expedition Society in 1981 and launched the first of seven missions to find the planes.
In 1992, using a hot water drill created by Atlanta businesswoman Bobbie Bailey, the group tunneled through 250 feet of ice and brought the plane to the surface in pieces. She was dubbed the "Glacier Girl."
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Restoration began in 1993. In 2002, with almost 20,000 spectators in attendance, the P-38 "Glacier Girl" took flight in Kentucky for the first time since 1942. Since that historic day, the "Glacier Girl" has flown several times and has been a big hit at air shows.
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