2 missing wartime B-25s documented in waters off New Guinea — new report

Moving story.

Meddle:”People have this mental image of an airplane resting intact on the sea floor, but the reality is that most planes were often already damaged before crashing, or broke up upon impact. And, after soaking in the sea for decades, they are often unrecognizable to the untrained eye, often covered in corals and other sea-life,”
Somebody tell that to TIGGER

They are still looking at photos from their last expedition…their imaginations turning anything and everything into the Electra. Despite the fact that a USN search (by three aircraft) of the island a week after the disappearance found no trace of the aircraft.
They say it was on the island to transmit radio signals (only noted by a schoolgirl in her unavailable to the public notebook), to completely vanish in time for the USN search, only for a landing gear leg to reappear in blurry images taken 80 + years later.

“People have this mental image of an airplane resting intact on the sea floor, but the reality is that most planes were often already damaged before crashing, or broke up upon impact. And, after soaking in the sea for decades, they are often unrecognizable to the untrained eye, often covered in corals and other sea-life,”

Somebody tell that to TIGGER.

And yes, I agree with TonyT. There is a sense of both pathos and peace seeing this wrecks in such a condition.

Looking at them and the beauty of the site with the wildlife and corals, one wonders where they would prefer to rest, there or transported back to the US and buried in a hole… I know which I would prefer. However, I cannot fault the ethos behind it.

Finding MIA,s is something the USA strives hard for..

They went to great lengths to find the remains of John F. Kennedy Jr, but less so the NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. Perhaps it depends on who you are!

http://aerodynamicmedia.com/two-b-25-wreck-sites-receive-first-official-survey-video/

report on the two B-25 wreck sites with video

Finding MIA,s is something the USA strives hard for..