It wasn’t until 1972, 3 decades after a crash, that Australian soldiers spotted a partially submerged aircraft from a helicopter
“The machine guns were in place, entirely loaded
It took years of negotiationssalvage team
“It’s one of those first-time strange airplanes, if we will,” he told The Huffington Post. “I’m only in awe.”
“Swamp Ghost” is arguably a world’s only total and un-retired World War II-era B-17E bomber
“This aeroplane was such a fortress,” DeHoff said. “We counted 121 bullet holes in it.”
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