Navy divers comb a Pacific graveyard for lost World War II airmen

[oldbrownhat]

An elite team dived 200 feet underwater in search of the crew of ‘Heaven Can Wait,’ a bomber shot down off New Guinea in 1944

Gift WaPo article here.

"...As the aircraft approached the Japanese target at Awar Point on the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, it was hit by antiaircraft fire. The tail broke off, and the plane plunged into nearby Hansa Bay.

Three figures were seen jumping out as it went down. The wreckage burned on the surface and sank in about 200 feet of water, leaving behind a large oil slick. There were no survivors...."

 

[Rudi]

I hope they are found.

 

[AJ]

Hope they have found them. We lost some birds and aircrew in South East Asia. None recovered that I am aware of, except one that was a POW. He was a guest at the Hanoi Hilton for about a year.