From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Sep 21 2005 - 03:16:34 PDT
Old bomber raised from Lake Murray; to go to Alabama
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A World War II bomber has been raised
from Lake Murray, where it crashed on a training
mission more than 60 years ago.
The plane crashed April 4, 1943, the crew escaping
safely while the plane sank in 150 feet of water.
The B-25C was raised to the surface shortly before 9
p.m. Monday to the cheers of about 500 people watching
from a nearby landing.
Watching the slow preparations to raise the bomber
made Robert Barnes of Irmo feel like he was back in
the Army.
"It's hurry up and wait all over again," the former
artilleryman, 83, said.
Workers had hoped to raise the plane Saturday, but
called off the attempt because they needed equipment
to prevent the plane's damaged nose from breaking off
in the water.
The bomber will be taken apart over the next three or
four days. Once it's disassembled, the airplane will
be shipped to the Museum of Southern Flight in
Birmingham, Ala.
After restoration, it will be the centerpiece of a new
wing at the museum.
--- Wayne Harris <wharris19@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Saw some of this on the news tonight. It was in a
> lake in South Carolina.
> Wayne
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