Three U.S. Planes Lost During World War II Found in Pacific Lagoon
2020年2月24日 · Researchers from Project Recover, a joint endeavor of the University of Delaware and the University of California, San Diego, that aims to “find and repatriate Americans missing in action since...
Wreck of famed P-38 fighter flown by America’s top ace found in …
2024年5月24日 · Capt. Richard I. Bong, who was credited for shooting down 40 Japanese planes during World War II, had named his P-38 “Marge” after his girlfriend, whom he later married. Another pilot, while...
Wreckage of lost American WWII planes finally found, in a …
2020年2月21日 · Three WWII aircraft that were shot down during a decisive U.S. victory in the Pacific Ocean were missing for decades. Now, 76 years later, they have been found. A recovery operation...
WWll airman's body, plane found by divers in deep waters of Malta
2023年9月22日 · Air Force Sgt. Irving Newman of Los Angeles, involved in bombing the Reggio di Calabria harbor in Sicily in 1943 as part of a 10-man crew on a B-24 Liberator plane, was identified by the Defense...
Recovering the Lost Aviators of World War II | Smithsonian
BentProp teams found upward of 50 foreign and American planes on land and underwater, accounting for 26 American service members missing in action, but Scannon’s archival research revealed many...
Explorers find what they believe is World War II ace Richard …
2024年5月23日 · Bong, who grew up in Poplar, Wisconsin, is credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft during World War II. He plastered a blow-up of Vattendahl’s portrait on the nose of his plane, according to a Pacific Wrecks summary of the plane’s service. Bong shot down more planes than any other American pilot. Gen.
Shot down but not forgotten: The search for lost WW2 airmen …
Thousands of fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft were shot down in flames and crashed in the fields and forests below, many of them with their crews still inside. Several aircraft wrecks have been found since 1945, but many still remain unaccounted for, along with the remains of the pilots who were Killed in Action and never returned to base.
Wreckage of WWII plane that vanished found in South Pacific after ... - MSN
“The plane was crashed and broke into three pieces, leaving the pilot trapped inside and unable to escape.” On the day it went missing, the light bomber left from Munda Airfield on the coast of...
How a teenager trekking through the PNG jungle discovered the …
2022年10月8日 · At just 15 years old, Willie Flinn is leading an expedition to investigate the site of an Australian plane that crashed into the Papua New Guinean jungle during World War II.
WWII plane crash artefacts finally returned home to families …
2021年7月19日 · The family members of 10 plane crew lost during World War II finally have the closure they longed for after a 75-year-long mystery. Key points: The Catalina A24-50 went missing in September 1943 ...