Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Photo

Answers, and new questions, about plane parts

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External fuel tanks from a Boeing B-52D-35-BW are what have been lying at the bottom of Duck River in Normandy. Serial numbers were discovered underwater Sunday on the parts which many had believed were the remains of a World War II aircraft that crashed in the area. (Photo from the book "B-52 Stratofortress In Action")