[ARC5] 909 airplane accident

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 2 Apr 2020 at 22:33, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:

> 
> You might be thinking of the disastrous attempt to retrieve Kee Bird from Greenland.
> 
> Wayne 
> WB4OGM

Yes. I am sure he is. That was a B-29.

Ken W7EKB

> I am reminded of a B 29 or B 25, I can´t remember which, that was meticulously restored after 
> crashing in Alaska during World War II. After at least one or two years work on the aircraft to get 
> it airworthy, it failed to take off due to a fire in one of the generators. Located I believe in the rear 
> of the plane.