The Kee Bird was an United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress of the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron, that became marooned after making an emergency landing in northwest Greenland during a secret Cold War spying mission on 21 February 1947. Although the entire crew was safely evacuated, after spending three days in the isolated Arctic tundra, the aircraft itself was left at the landing site. It lay there undisturbed until 1994, when a privately-funded mission was launched to repair and return it. The attempted recovery resulted in the effective destruction and loss of the airframe. The documentary about the recovery effort on Nova is worth a look.
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The video shows how dumb these guys were that tried to recover it.
They could have disassembled it and transported it with less effort and less money. With a lot better results.
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