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Search is on for the "Superfortress" that came down in Raoping 59 years ago

Reuters reports: China has begun looking for the remains of a U.S. Air Force bomber and its crew that crashed over the southern part of the country some six decades ago during the Korean War, state media reported. The B-29 "Superfortress" caught fire... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Wed, Oct 28 2009

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