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Dyke Lake
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High pressure cleaning of B-17 parts from Dyke Lake. |
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Dyke Lake
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Recovered B-17 parts. |
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Dyke Lake
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Recovered B-17 wing tip. |
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Dyke Lake
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Floating the B-17 from the bottom of Dyke Lake. This aircraft made and emergency landing on the ice just before Christmas 1947. All of the crew survived and were rescued. The aircraft sank through the ice later in the spring |
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Dyke Lake
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Close-up of floating aircraft. |
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Dyke Lake
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Preparing for towing. |
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Dyke Lake
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Preparing for towing to the dismantling site. |
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Preparing for towing to the dismantling site.
The aircraft was shipped to the United States for reconstrution. |
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