DAUNTLESS - Pulled from Lake Michigan

[kenlwest]

Just in case you haven't seen this....

Ken

[Paragon]

The image/link/whatever isn't working.

[kenlwest]

Let's try this again:

[kenlwest]

For some reason, it isn't working. Anyway, here are the 2 links.

Ken

YouTube - WWII-era bomber pulled from Lake Michigan

YouTube - Historic World War II Douglas SBD Dauntless Bomber Pulled From Lake Michigan

[rickstef]

you are close ken

you had too much other code in the link for it to work properly
all you need is the youtube tags, and the part after the = in the url

[Bomarc]

Originally Posted by Paragon

The image/link/whatever isn't working.

That's a relief! I was squinting and squinting, blaming these glasses of mine.

This topic came up over at Hyperscale and I found the list below posted by a gentleman there of the known aircraft losses in Lake Michigan based on accident records and deck logs from the USS Wolverine and Sable interesting:

41 TBM/TBF Avengers
1 F4U-1 Corsair (Birdcage- location identified)
38 SBD Dauntless (14 recovered so far)
4 F6F Hellcats (three recovered during war, last recovered this year)
17 SNJ Texans
2 SB2U Vindicators (1 recovered so far)
37 FM/F4F Wildcats (a bunch recovered so far)
3 TDN drones

Lots of aviation gold down there....

Mike

[kenlwest]

The Dauntless that is being fulled from the water in these videos has been restored and is on display in the Kalamazoo Air Museum in Michigan. I'll see if I can dredge up (no pun intended) a picture of the restored aircraft.

Rick - thanks for fixing the link.

Ken

[kenlwest]

Here she is....

[rixtoys]

Cool clip !! Thanks for sharing.
41 avengers WOW !!
They are worth looking for !!!

[2Kamser]

Originally Posted by kenlwest

Here she is....

next project? :D