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Michigan Mechanics Plan To Revive Crashed B-25 Bomber

An airplane that crashed 44 years ago near Fairbanks may fly again.  The B-25 bomber was being used for firefighting when it belly landed on a Tanana River sandbar in June 1969.  No one died in the crash, but the hulk of the World War 2 bomber was damaged and never removed.  As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, a pair of aircraft mechanics from Michigan are planning a rescue attempt.

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Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.