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RECOVERY OF THE B-17 «LONESOME POLECAT» FROM THE LAKE OF ZUG IN 1952

Recovery of the B-17 «Lonesome Polecat» ( 8th Air Force, 385th Bomb Group, 550th Squadron, Serial No. 42-38160) from the Lake of Zug in 1952, which had emergency landed on the Lake of Zug on March 16th, 1944. The recovery was conducted by Martin Schaffner, better known as «Bomber Schaffner». 

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