"John B" wrote in message
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If you never heard about this 1994-95 rescue attempt and its unhappy
ending, here's a link:

http://b-29s-over-korea.com/shortstories/b29-frozen.htm
What a *******.
A great yarn.
John

"There are only a handful of B-29's left, out of over 4,000. Somehow nobody
realized it until it was too late. At one time the Arizona desert was
covered with B-29's, some flown in and in good condition. They were all
scrapped. "

Confederate Air Force brought a 29 and a 17 out for static display when I
was stationed in California. Together they had one tenth the hours of the
52 parked nearby. And it was one of the "young" ones, not an old hog like
the D.