Ken Mcbride

[menards]

Was he successfull in getting another P-38 from Greenland?

[menards]

you might need to button up on ur French... but according to this info graphic they were on the icesheet this summer and expected to have a -38 extracted in August. Does anyone know if it happened?

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/0 ... s-de-glace

[Red Tail]

I saw him at Oshkosh but didn't ask about the Greenland P-38 expedition.

John

[Peeler]

We had mechanical issues with the AN-2 en route through Canada. This aircraft is needed to transport the excavation equipment to the site. A small group of the team decided to visit the Grumman Duck crash site 29 miles west of the Lost Squadron site and conduct some Ground Penetrating Radar work. We came up with some promising findings but I don't want to jump to conclusions at this time. History has enough of those. Further excavation work will be needed.

[CoastieJohn]

We had mechanical issues with the AN-2 en route through Canada. This aircraft is needed to transport the excavation equipment to the site. A small group of the team decided to visit the Grumman Duck crash site 29 miles west of the Lost Squadron site and conduct some Ground Penetrating Radar work. We came up with some promising findings but I don't want to jump to conclusions at this time. History has enough of those. Further excavation work will be needed.

Wise move. I would suggest going with the motto..."we haven't found it until we put your hands on it" There are alot of cavities in that area that show up on the GPR and airborne sensor. IMO a non-ferrous and ferrous sensor would be a nifty tool at some point. I think it would be a low freq one?

[Peeler]

I can say that we did locate several large targets using the GPR. Our volunteer Geophysicist is quite an amazing and skilled guy. He brought several different systems, each having their own particular strong points. The items we located are large, 60-80 feet deep, in an area of snow that is 400 feet deep. We bored a hole with a pressure washer probe and hit an object at 76 feet. We did not have excavation equipment at the site, nor did we have anything that would pump water from our hole at that depth. We lowered a camera in and took some pictures. The item looks to be speckled and pitted much like a piece of granite. It appears to me to be reflective, or it may be just the intensity of the camera light. It could be a large rock slab, or it could be a piece of corroded aluminum. In any case it is worth following up on. The Coast Guard was notified and sent representatives out to review our findings. Remember, this is a potential military grave site and specific repatriation protocols must be followed. I am not sure if our small group will be involved in this project next year or if we will be back focused on the Lost Squadron site. This was a last minute side interest for some of the team.