Greenland

aircraft restoration aviation history B-29 Superfortress Darryl Greenamyer Glacier Girl Kee Bird Lost Squadron P-38 Lightning warbird restoration

The Hangar Aug 20, 2026

Glacier Girl, the P Thirty-Eight Lightning Pulled From Two Hundred Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice, and the Lost Squadron That Waited Fifty Years to Fly Again

How a P-38 Lightning buried under 268 feet of Greenland ice for 50 years was recovered and restored to flight as Glacier Girl.

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The Hangar Jul 23, 2026

Glacier Girl, the Lost Squadron, and the P Thirty-Eight Lightning They Dug Out From Under Two Hundred Sixty-Eight Feet of Greenland Ice

How Glacier Girl, a P-38 Lightning, was recovered from 268 feet of Greenland ice 50 years after crash-landing and flew again in 2002.

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The Hangar May 13, 2026

Kee Bird the B-twenty-nine Superfortress that burned on a frozen Greenland lake after a fifty-year rescue mission

The Kee Bird B-29 survived 48 years on a frozen Greenland lake only to burn during its rescue attempt moments before takeoff.

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The Hangar Apr 17, 2026

Glacier Girl and the P thirty-eight pulled from beneath two hundred sixty-eight feet of Greenland ice

The story of Glacier Girl, a WWII P-38 Lightning recovered from 268 feet beneath Greenland's ice cap and restored to flying condition.

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