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"Fertile Myrtle" flew out of Oakland back in the '70s and early '80s. It was a B-29 used by the Navy in the '50s to launch X-planes. Boy it would roar low over my house in the east bay hills and it was always a breathtaking sight. It's now in pieces in various places and owned by Kermit Weeks. The loss of the "Kee Bird" during the attempted recovery in Greenland in the mid-90s still makes me mad. One other B-29 named "Doc" is in Kansas and has been under restoration for many years.
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