Hunt For The Lost Squadron

It is one of the most remarkable stories of aviation treasure hunting in history and an unforgettable saga of modern arctic exploration..

On July 15, 1942, a squadron of two B-17 bombers and six P-38 fighters bound for Iceland crash-landed in Greenland after becoming disoriented in a blizzard. The crews were rescued, but the planes remained, eventually entering aviation lore as the “Lost Squadron.” In 1981, two explorers from Atlanta set out to find these planes and restore them to their former glory. In this riveting tale of adventure, HISTORY reveals how simply locating the planes took a painstaking eight years. Then, when the planes’ location was finally uncovered, the WWII machines were found to be encased in ice, 250 feet below the surface of a glacier…and that was just the beginning of the difficulties the team would face..

From the remote vastness of Greenland to the Kentucky runway where the P-38 Glacier Girl took to the skies once again, HISTORY presents a fascinating account of THE HUNT FOR THE LOST SQUADRON.