After more than 60 years at the bottom of Lake Michigan, a World War II-era fighter plane was pulled from the water this week. The F6F-3 Hellcat, piloted by Lt. Walter Elcock, crashed during a training flight on Jan. 5, 1945. It hit the water about 50 miles off the coast of Chicago and settled 250 feet below the lake’s surface.
Now that the plane is back on dry land, it will be put on display in a museum. Elcock, who is now 89 and living in Atlanta, Ga., was represented at the plane’s removal by his grandson.
That is going to teach us more about WWII
THATS A LONG TIME
new airplane cool maybe when i grow up i’ll build one
that’s cool it wasn’t completly destroyed.
AWsome that looks like pretty nasty wreck how did anybody live through that?
sweet! one more achenit plane for histroy
thats a longgg time
Thats a pretty cool plane!!!
i couldn’t imagine how much the guy who found that air plane got?
Awesome, I wonder what its like to crash in the water on a plane
That is the most beutiful plane I ever seen!!!
wow is all i can say
My dad’s a history LOVER, so now we HAVE to go there! WOO!
NOW THATS A FIRST CLASS PLANE!!!!!