{"id":96129,"date":"2020-02-21T15:19:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=96129"},"modified":"2020-02-21T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:19:19","slug":"three-downed-aircraft-associated-with-seven-mias-from-famous-wwii-battle-located-in-pacific-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=96129","title":{"rendered":"Three downed aircraft, associated with seven MIAs from famous WWII battle, located in Pacific Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAvengers of VT-6 flying from the USS Intrepid in 1944. The USS Intrepid was one of the aircraft carriers involved in Operation Hailstone, an Allied aerial assault on Japanese-held island positions in the Pacific Theater. (Courtesy of Project Recover\/United States Navy Museum of Naval Aviation)<\/em><\/p>\n

Not stealing Hondo’s thunder, or at least it isn’t my intention. This should be considered the discovery phase, with recovery and identification of the remains yet to occur. But obviously one must find the site before anything else can follow. Enter Project Recover<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dylan Gresik<\/strong><\/p>\n

In February 1944, the U.S. military launched Operation Hailstone, a massive military assault on Japanese fortified positions in the Pacific. On Monday \u2014 76 years later \u2014 researchers announced the discovery of three U.S. aircraft remains associated with seven service members missing in action.<\/p>\n

Project Recover identified the wrecks of two SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers and one TBM\/F-1 Avenger torpedo bomber in Truk Lagoon, now known as Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit, which works to locate and repatriate Americans missing in action, located the three planes that launched from the carriers USS Enterprise and USS Intrepid to strafe Japanese-held islands during the two-day air assault.<\/p>\n

Over four expeditions, researchers with Project Recover scanned the ocean floor with advanced sonar surveys and high-resolution imaging devices. The organization used underwater autonomous vehicles tethered to surface vessels and human divers to \u201cinterrogate\u201d the sites \u2014 survey them for verification and identification of the remains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nPropeller from a TBM\/F-1 Avenger torpedo bomber in Truk Lagoon. Image captured from a Remotely Operated Vehicle. (Courtesy of Project Recover\/Bob Hess, Scripps)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c[These vehicles are] able to look at large areas in fine resolution. When these aircraft crash into the water, they don\u2019t look like aircraft anymore,\u201d said Mark Moline, Ph.D., principal investigator and co-founder of Project Recover. \u201cMost of them are piles of metal that don\u2019t rise very far off the bottom [of the ocean]. The exception is the propeller, usually sticking out.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nA coral covered propeller of a U.S. SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber stands above the sand in Truk Lagoon. (Courtesy of Project Recover)<\/em><\/p>\n

Amazing work. Read the entire article here: Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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