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 is estatic at being the first person in 65 years to sit in the cockpit of the Wildcat. | Joe Cyganowski~For Sun-Times Media.