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    WWII B-29 Fly's again..

    Thanks for the additional info! It has been awhile since I saw the documentary and was working from old rusty memory banks. Reading what you said about the generator/fuel tank/fuel spill seems to jog something in the memory and I'm pretty sure your correct about that. I am however pretty sure...
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    WWII B-29 Fly's again..

    If I recall correctly the fire was caused by a portable generator they were using as a APU. They had made some makeshift brackets to hold the generator/APU in the tail area of the aircraft. While taxing on the very rough tundra to their ice runway the generator/APU bracket broke and the...
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