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maybe the D cells were used to power the optics??

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Gary Lewis
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The wires went to what looked like Limit switches

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sorry, these are all I have. The photos were shot by Mark Sawyer, he gave me these for my co-lection

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I don't think this is the lake Murray B-25 C 41-12634 that I worked on in Ala. It was taken apart and loaded on trucks at the lake side and sent to Birmingham. The wing section was removed as one unit, with bombay and both wings. It is still that way in storage. Thanks for posting

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These are My pic. of Lake Murray B25C 41-12634

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I personally have never seen the Murry B-25C.
According to Mark Sawyer whom I had known for over 20 years,
who lived in Goose Creek, SC, back then, told me he was going to see the B-25 that had been pulled out of Lake Murry.
Sawyer knew aircraft, and was very familiar with its recovery.
I don't doubt Mark in his word about this particular example.
Looking at the Serial Numbers however these are
two different aircraft, both C models.
Is it possible, that there was more than
one Charlie pulled from the water, and only one was
known about. I would ask Mark,
but he, the last I heard was deceased, and the
location of this aircraft is thus unknown.
thanks for the clarification. Files updated.

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There was a second B-25 Pulled from the lake back in 1943 by the USAAF. It was in 50 feet of water. The one I worked on was in 150 + water and not raised until 2005. I believe that 5 B-25s went down in that lake. Two went down on the same day.

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Definitely My Bad here B-25 C
Right State, Wrong Lake.
My photos preceeding this post are of the B-25C-1
41-13285 Which according to
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/usafserials.html
crashed 6/6/44 into Lake Greenwood, SC.
Surveyed Jun 7, 1944, Grenville AB.
Found in 1983 at bottom of lake.
Restored and put on display at South Carolina State Museum,
Columbia, SC. Moved to Owns Field in 1996.

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Gary I am glad to know of another b-25 c saved from a lake. Thank you very much for posting the pic.

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Tail cone was lost or so we thought. It had fallen of during the raising but no one knew. We thought it would never be seen again. Some sport divers found it a few months later on the rocks where the plane came out. It looked very bad with deep scratches on top fron the rocks. I was given the task of cleaning and polishing. Here some pic.

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Looks like nice work!

Not having any experience with the process myself, perhaps you could offer a brief tutorial on what process & products you used to achieve these results.

Many TIA.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

You guys are doing great work. I can only hope that one day it will be decided to restore it in one piece.

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EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Thanks. I would like to have it all together also. It has been for me a treasure trove of discoveries. You wouldn't believe of finding a match cover with a 4 digit phone number and the name of the pharmacy on it after so long in the lake. I had a blast until they decided to put it in storage. Maybe some day It will be brought out to be finished.

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I used a Plexiglas polishing kit. It came with wet sanding paper, a polish cloth and the final polish. I started out with the 400 grit paper and water. The water is used to keep the glass cool and lubricated. By the time I got to the 1300 grit it looked dull with fine scratches in. You would think it is ruined. But when you start using the final polish it begins to look better. Even with the polish you have to keep it wet. It took two 6 hour day's to finish it. Thanks

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Ok Taigh Ramey and MustangDriver, your door prizes have been shipped via UPS today 12/16. Happy Holidays!

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