The great Navy birds of Lake Michigan the true story of the privateers of Lake Michigan and the aircraft they rescued Taras C. Lyssenko

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Notes: America Through Time is an imprint of Fonthill Media LLC. Book is published by Arcadia Publishing by arrangement with Fonthill Media
Contents: The project that set everything in motion -- Our first Pensacola contract -- Who was D. Blan Stewart? -- We had to recover as many as possible -- The early Holocene Forest -- Trying to do something against the law, change the law -- UC-97 -- The Naval Historical Center had become involved -- And then there was "Midway madness" -- Recovery continues with SBD-1 1612 -- The rewrite of the SecNav instruction -- O'Hare International Airport Wildcat -- The Naval Historical Center comes back true to form -- The invaders have arrived -- A SBD dauntless for Midway Airport -- Recovery begins again in 2009 under Rear Admiral Jay A. DeLoach, USN (Ret.) -- A Helldiver in the Lower Otay Reservoir -- Hellcat -- A "bird cage" -- Air Zoo Aircraft -- The Wells Burt, Thomas Hume, and a few other shipwrecks -- SBD-1 Bureau Number 1612 -- A never ending story

Place: United States; Michigan, Lake; États-Unis; Michigan, Lac; Lake Michigan

Topic: Airplanes, Military--Accidents--History; Fighter planes; Air pilots, Military--Training of--History; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations; Aircraft accidents; Avions militaires--Accidents--Histoire; Pilotes d'aéronef militaires--Formation--Histoire; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations aériennes; Aéronautique--Accidents; Air pilots, Military--Training of; Airplanes, Military--Accidents; Armed Forces--Aviation; Military operations, Aerial