Waukegan- A World War II vintage aircraft that has been sitting on the bottom of Lake Michigan for the past 65 years is raised and set to be restored. The plane an Eastern Aircraft FM-2 "Wildcat" crashed in Lake Michigan as part of pilot training exercises in December 1944. The pilot at that time was Ensign William forbes who survived the crash to fly again. The plane was raised at Larsen Marine in Waukegan bb A and T recovery made possible by a generous donation of Chuck Greenhill of Mettawa, Illinois. Greenhill walks around the plane as she just comes out of the water.| Joe Cyganowski~For Sun-Times Media.

Waukegan- A World War II vintage aircraft that has been sitting on the bottom of Lake Michigan for the past 65 years is raised and set to be restored. The plane an Eastern Aircraft FM-2 "Wildcat" crashed in Lake Michigan as part of pilot training exercises in December 1944. The pilot at that time was Ensign William forbes who survived the crash to fly again. The plane was raised at Larsen Marine in Waukegan bb A and T recovery made possible by a generous donation of Chuck Greenhill of Mettawa, Illinois. | Joe Cyganowski~For Sun-Times Media.

Waukegan- A World War II vintage aircraft that has been sitting on the bottom of Lake Michigan for the past 65 years is raised and set to be restored. The plane an Eastern Aircraft FM-2 "Wildcat" crashed in Lake Michigan as part of pilot training exercises in December 1944. The pilot at that time was Ensign William forbes who survived the crash to fly again. The plane was raised at Larsen Marine in Waukegan bb A and T recovery made possible by a generous donation of Chuck Greenhill of Mettawa, Illinois. Zebra mussels encrusted tire. | Joe Cyganowski~For Sun-Times Media.

Bob Marquardt, of Deerfield, stands next to a FM-2 Wildcat plane in storage at Kenosha Regional Airport in Wisconsin. | Todd Shields~Sun-Times Media