It had been on the bottom of Lake Michigan for nearly 70 years. But a World War II-era fighter plane was finally retrieved Friday.
The FM-2 “Wildcat” Fighter crashed during aircraft carrier training near Waukegan on Dec. 28, 1944. The plane went down in about 200 feet of water in an accident blamed on engine failure.
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation sponsored the recovery of the plane Friday morning. The foundation wants it to eventually go on display in the Chicago area.
More than 17,000 pilots completed the training in Lake Michigan. That included World War II pilot and future president, George H. Bush.
The aircraft carriers used for the training docked at Chicago's Navy Pier. The pilots flew from Glenview Naval Air Station.
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