Air Pirates and B-17 recovery

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oldredford
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Air Pirates and B-17 recovery

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On air pirates webb site they talk about recovering a B-17 Oct 2007. Anybody know of this? thanks...
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DIK SHEPHERD
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From the picture on their link, it looks like another one in Greenland.
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Does the pic look photo shopped to you guys.Something just does not look right about it.Hope I am wrong.
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DIK SHEPHERD
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It doesn't look played with. What it does look like is a contact print from a negative, with someone's finger print all over it.
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Is there an actual newspaper article mentioning this alleged recovery?
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Dik,

I think that is a Moire pattern - you can get that when
scanning newsprint.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern

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B-17E 41-2595 "Desert Rat" Restoration Team
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