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Answers, and new questions, about Duck River plane parts

September 12, 2006 12:32 pm

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

The mystery of what’s lying in the Duck River in Normandy has been solved, and although it’s not from World War II, the pieces are definitely from a warplane.

Instead of being a bomber that crashed in 1943, the large parts are actually seven external fuel tanks from a B-52 Stratofortress.

But this brings forth another mystery: Why are they there and how did they end up in the river?

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