According to the June 19th WGN News, a second World War II aircraft in two months, was raised from Lake Michigan's depths near Chicago.
This dive bomber had been at Pearl Harbor during the attack and been turned into a training aircraft for naval pilots who practiced landing on two converted aircraft carriers, far from German U-Boats lurking off the US coast.
This one crashed Feb. 18, 1944 after it developed carburetor problems. The pilot escaped.
A Bit More of History Preserved. --Cooter
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