t recovery industry aircraft salvage founded 1988 1988 1 founder allan olson and taras lyssenko website atrecovery.com a and t recovery allan olson and taras lyssenko is an american company that has the primary purpose to locate and recover once lost world war ii united states navy aircraft for presentation to the american public . 2 they have recovered nearly forty such aircraft mainly from lake michigan . 3 the aircraft were lost during the aircraft carrier qualification conducted out of the former naval air station glenview that was located north of chicago illinois . the navy had used two ships the uss wolverine ix 64 and the uss sable ix 81 to qualify thousands of pilots . 4 contents 1 history 2 funding 3 lake michigan projects 4 beyond lake michigan 5 references 6 external links history edit a and t recovery began their recovery efforts in the 1980s and continue to the present day . as part of the aircraft collection of the us navy the aircraft located and retrieved by a and t recovery are managed by the national naval aviation museum which is under the direction of the naval history and heritage command . 5 funding edit 10 usc 2572 b 10 usc 2572 b a section of united states code allows the museums of the us department of defense to exchange condemned and or obsolete military material for similar materials equipment search and recovery services restoration services and educational programs . 6 7 during the 1990s the director of the national naval aviation museum used this section in law to fund the work of a and t recovery along with the restoration of the rescued aircraft . 8 the aircraft located and recovered over the recent years have been funded by private donations . that funding comes thru the naval aviation museum foundation inc. which oversees the contracting for all activities of the effort . 9 lake michigan projects edit historically significant u.s. navy aircraft have been located and recovered by a and t recovery these include the douglas sbd dauntless dive bomber bureau number 2106 which survived the japanese attack on pearl harbor and the battle of midway 10 11 the only vought sb2u vindicator scout bomber known to exist 12 13 the grumman f6f hellcat fighter bureau number 25910 14 and an extremely rare early bird cage vought f4u 1 corsair . 15 16 the following are examples of the many a and t recovery rescued aircraft and their present display locations vought f4u 1 corsair 02465 national naval aviation museum 17 grumman f6f 3 hellcat 25910 national naval aviation museum 18 vought sb2u 2 vindicator 1383 national naval aviation museum 19 douglas sbd 2 dauntless 2106 midway madness national naval aviation museum grumman f4f 3 wildcat 4039 national naval aviation museum general motors fm 2 wildcat 55052 uss hornet museum grumman f4f 3 wildcat 12320 city of chicago o hare international airport 20 douglas sbd 4 dauntless 10575 city of chicago midway airport 21 22 grumman f4f 3 wildcat 12297 cradle of aviation museum grumman tbf 1 avenger 01747 naval air station deland museum general motors fm 2 wildcat 16278 flying leatherneck aviation museum douglas sbd 3 dauntless 06624 kalamazoo aviation history museum general motors fm 2 wildcat 57039 kalamazoo aviation history museum 23 general motors fm 2 wildcat 74161 national museum of the pacific war douglas sbd 3 dauntless 06508 national world war ii museum 24 douglas sbd 5 dauntless 36177 pacific aviation museum pearl harbor douglas sbd 5 dauntless 36176 palm springs air museum douglas sbd 5 dauntless 36173 patriot s point naval and maritime museum uss yorktown cv 10 douglas sbd 4 dauntless 06900 san diego air and space museum grumman f4f 3 wildcat 11828 san diego air and space museum douglas sbd 3 dauntless 06583 national museum of the marine corps 25 douglas sbd 3 dauntless 06694 uss lexington museum douglas sbd 1 dauntless 1612 uss midway museum grumman f4f 3 wildcat 12290 uss midway museum general motors fm 1 wildcat 14994 valiant air command warbird museum along with aircraft the team has been well known for locating shipwrecks the most notable is the german type uc iii submarine sm uc 97 a world war i u boat . at the end of world war i the german navy was forced to surrender a good number of their war ships to the world war i allies . the records indicate that as many as 172 submarines u boats unterseeboote were surrendered . many of these vessels were brought harwich 26 england then allocated or assigned to the different allied countries with 6 dedicated to the united states of america . the uc 97 was one of these vessels . she was brought to the us and toured the great lakes under the command of charles a. lockwood . he detailed his experience with the submarine in his book down to the sea in subs my life in the u.s. navy . 27 on the morning of the 7th of june 1921 the uc 97 was sunk by the training ship u.s.s. wilmette formerly the eastland . a and t recovery located the resting point of the vessel in 1992 . 28 29 the thomas hume shipwreck the thomas hume was a great lakes schooner used to carry lumber . she left chicago may 21 1891 but never arrived at the destination port . 30 a and t recovery located her nearly intact about fifteen miles off of chicago . 31 the early holocene forest olson site the most unusual find of the group is the early holocene forest . in 1989 while searching for aircraft in southern lake michigan a and t recovery located a number of tree stumps intact on the lake s floor . 32 33 34 35 the stumps were the remains of a deciduous forest that radiocarbon dating showed to be over 8 000 years old . 36 beyond lake michigan edit san diego tbd devastator one of the long sought after historic aircraft that there is a desire to be added to the collection of the national naval aviation museum is the douglas tbd devastator . a and t recovery sought to retrieve one of these aircraft so they located tbd 1 buno .0377 that had been lost off the san diego coast . 37 38 the latest filming of the aircraft has shown that the ocean environment has damaged her to a point that she can not be recovered . san diego sb2c helldiver in 2009 a sport fisherman duane johnson saw an airplane on his fish finding electronics while he was traversing lower otay reservoir . 39 the airplane was a curtiss sb2c helldiver that had ditched in the reservoir because of engine failure while conducting dive bombing practice toward the end of world war ii . in august 2010 a and t recovery with the support of san diego park rangers removed the aircraft and delivered it to the national naval aviation museum where it awaits restoration and public display . 40 41 d. blan stewart on halloween october 31 afternoon 1988 d. blan stewart flying a single engine aircraft disappeared over lake martin alabama . soon after the fbi began a manhunt believing he had faked his death to avoid prosecution . 42 43 in november 1990 a and t recovery located the aircraft at the bottom of lake martin mr. stewart was in the cockpit . 44 45 references edit corporation file detail report . illinois secretary of state . retrieved 15 december 2014 . tv special lake michigan carriers and the aircraft recovery operations . chicago s sunken treasures . permanent dead link the navy s historic aircraft wrecks in lake michigan . permanent dead link tv special lake michigan carriers and the aircraft recovery operations . 10 usc 2572 b pdf . department of the navy museum exchanges pdf . navy aircraft as artifacts . aircraft restoration . sbd dauntless buno 2106 . two navy crosses in sbd 2 buno 2106 . sb2u vindicator . the last vindicator sb2u 2 up from lake michigan . restored treasure recovered navy hellcat dedicated at pensacola . world war ii plane pulled from lake michigan . bringing up a birdcage corsair . world war ii fighter plane recovered from lake michigan . wwii hellcat recovered from lake michigan . the last vindicator sb2u 2 up from lake michigan . airport honors original o hare memorial to downed pilot will house rebuilt world war ii fighter . midway delivers fitting tribute . the battle of midway memorial . archived from the original on 2014 12 26 . air zoo to restore historic wwii fighter plane after 68 years at lake michigan bottom . warbirds douglas sbd dauntless . restoration on sbd 3 reveals its history pdf . harwich essex over 100 u boats surrender . vice admiral charles a. lockwood jr. . archived from the original on 2013 05 03 . cs1 maint bot original url status unknown link dead link chicago s other u boat . wwi german submarine has underwater lake michigan grave . thomas hume . lost to the lake the disappearance of the thomas hume . a sunken forest shows lakes past . ancient stumps in lake michigan . our ancient shoreline . an early holocene oxygen isotope record from the olson buried forest bed southern lake michigan . discovery and preliminary investigations of the remains of an early holocene forest on the floor of southern lake michigan pdf . rare wwii plane discovered off local waters . holy grail of warbirds found off san diego . historic navy plane found in otay lake san diego ca . archived from the original on 2014 12 16 . rare world war ii dive bomber raised from reservoir . world war ii plane raised from san diego reservoir . twins say father could have faked death . stewart in tv crime programs spotlight . finding of plane wreckage ends mystery about missing executive . lake martin alabama s crown jewel blan stewart . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a and t recovery & oldid 743336121 categories aircraft preservationcompanies established in 1988companies based in chicagoorganizations investigating aviation accidents and incidentshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linkscs1 maint bot original url status unknownarticles with dead external links from february 2016 navigation menu 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