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NY museum restoring US-made WWII plane from Russia

Quick ReadUS-made WWII plane found in Russian lake being restored at New York factory where it was built

(AP) — A team of volunteers is restoring a World War II fighter found at the bottom of a Russian lake and brought back to the upstate New York factory where the plane and thousands of others like it were built 65 years ago.

The around-the-world saga of the P-39 Airacobra features a 60-year-old mystery solved, a rare aviation record recovered and a poignant reminder of two of the 3 million...

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