Speaking about P-38 dumps - what about Shemya ?
Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:51 am
Hi all
following the interesting threads on P-38 wrecks and dumps, I started wondering what happened in remote places like Shemya, where obsolete aircraft were dumped, too - below are two photos from around 1946 - anyone ?
TIA !
Martin
following the interesting threads on P-38 wrecks and dumps, I started wondering what happened in remote places like Shemya, where obsolete aircraft were dumped, too - below are two photos from around 1946 - anyone ?
TIA !
Martin
Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:16 am
as a follow up - I just found an information that states that "most of the Lightnings that were there were dumped in the ocean just of the coast in November 1947"
Martin
Martin
Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:37 pm
Believe it or not, I actually posted an inquiry on Barnstormers several years ago regarding this subject. It turns out one of the former C.O.'s of the base emailed me back, and said there is nothing existant on Shemya itself.
Chris
Chris
Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:07 pm
Those pics are enough to make a grown man cry.
Mudge the teary
Mudge the teary
Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:40 pm
Heuhh ! Where is Shemya ?
Laurent
Laurent
Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:44 pm
Shemya Island is almost the tip of the Aleutian chain.
Mudge the geographic
Mudge the geographic
Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:35 pm
Interesting wrecks certainly still exist in the Aleutians, but I'm just as certain that the State of Alaska has put some legal restrictions concerning recovery. My never-ending race towards senility prevents me from remembering just exactly WHAT those restrictions are.
Who's familiar with current policy?
Who's familiar with current policy?