Re: WWII Question On B-17s
- From: mike Williamson <williamsonONETHIRTY@earthlinkdotnet>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:50:42 -0700
Joe Delphi wrote:
"Gordon" <krztalizer@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Think also about the B-29 and P-38s recovered from the glacier - those
were assets en route to England when they were lost during the war.
v/r
Gordon
So was it customary to land on a glacier or in Iceland for some reason
during the flight from the United States to England? Or did these planes
get lost on the way over?
JD
Planes did not normally set down on the icecap, but there were a few
airfields built on Greenland, since most aircraft did not have the
range to fly from Canada to Iceland. Even today, there are a few
airfields on Greenland used as a refeulling point for trans-Atlantic
flight.
The aircraft set down on the icecap after running low on fuel. They
aborted their attempt to fly to Iceland due to reports that weather at
Reykjavik was worsening (this may have been a false report transmitted
from a German U-boat), and they found the weather so bad over Greenland
that they were unable to return to their departure base. Weather
reporting and navigational aids back in those days were in many cases
either rudimentary or simply non-existent.
Mike W.
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