Forgotten WWII 'Lightning' fighter found on beach in Wales

TexAV8R · 11-15-2007, 09:33 AM

P38F Lightning to be recovered from Welsh beach news - Aeroplane Magazine - History in the Air

Welsh Lightning

NEW YORK (AP) - Sixty-five years after it ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, an American P-38 fighter plane has emerged from the surf and sand where it lay buried - a World War II relic long forgotten by the U.S. government and unknown to the British public...

Mystère · 11-15-2007, 06:12 PM

Probably one of the last places I would have tought of to find a P-38 !

champpitbull2 · 11-15-2007, 07:01 PM

It's amazing how much hardware, munitions, and bodies still litter the European landscape after all of these years. Like this plane hopefully someday we can find them all and bring them home.

Justino · 11-15-2007, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by champpitbull2

It's amazing how much hardware, munitions, and bodies still litter the European landscape after all of these years. Like this plane hopefully someday we can find them all and bring them home.

Not just Europe either! Here in Orlando, they are finding old bombs, some of them are dummy bombs, from the 1940s and 50s when all this area in Orlando was a giant bombing range for the Air Force at McCoy AFB. Most of them have been found in local neighborhoods and around some elementary and middle schools in the area.

champpitbull2 · 11-15-2007, 10:14 PM

You're right, I should have said the world.

11-15-2007, 09:33 AM	#1
TexAV8R Senior Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 433	Forgotten WWII 'Lightning' fighter found on beach in Wales P38F Lightning to be recovered from Welsh beach news - Aeroplane Magazine - History in the Air Welsh Lightning NEW YORK (AP) - Sixty-five years after it ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, an American P-38 fighter plane has emerged from the surf and sand where it lay buried - a World War II relic long forgotten by the U.S. government and unknown to the British public... __________________ Stay on the bomb run, boys! I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips ever'body on Bear Creek!(Major T.J "King Kong" from the movie Dr. Strangelove) Last edited by TexAV8R; 11-15-2007 at 09:37 AM.

11-15-2007, 06:12 PM	#2
Mystère SN-601 Corvette Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Midway between Omaha Beach and Paris. Age: 39 Posts: 1,842	Re: Forgotten WWII 'Lightning' fighter found on beach in Wales Probably one of the last places I would have tought of to find a P-38 ! __________________ Take the money-grab & deceit out of our hobby, and bring back ethics and quality!! Just say NO to Green Bucks/PAMSick/CJWings

11-15-2007, 07:01 PM	#3
champpitbull2 addicted Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 667	Re: Forgotten WWII 'Lightning' fighter found on beach in Wales It's amazing how much hardware, munitions, and bodies still litter the European landscape after all of these years. Like this plane hopefully someday we can find them all and bring them home.

11-15-2007, 10:14 PM	#5
champpitbull2 addicted Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 667	Re: Forgotten WWII 'Lightning' fighter found on beach in Wales You're right, I should have said the world.

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