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B-25 Recovery 2.0

KUAC | By Dan Bross
Published December 8, 2014 at 11:18 AM AKST
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Restoration of a World War 2 bomber salvaged from a Tanana River sandbar will benefit from a similar relic in Nome. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, some of the parts needed to restore the plane known as “Sandbar Mitchell” will be come from another B-25 that crashed in Nome over 70 years ago.
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Dan Bross
Dan has been in public radio news in Alaska since 1993. He’s worked as a reporter, newscaster and talk show host at stations in McGrath, Valdez and Fairbanks. Dan’s experience includes coverage of a wide range of topics, from wolf control to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and dog mushing.
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