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Like World War II Wrecks? You've come to the right place. https://www.ww2wrecks.com A variety of wrecks -ships, aircraft, submarines and vehicles, battlefield archaeology, interviews and first-hand accounts – Enjoy!
WW2 aircraft crash sites – Nearly 200 identified! – WW2Wrecks.com
Acclaimed author Anthony Rogers painstakingly researched all WW2 aircraft crash sites in Malta and wrote a detailed account of the circumstances of their loss, as well as the fate of their crews. Malta was of strategic importance during WW2 because of the island’s position on the route from Europe to Africa and the Middle East
The South Pacific’s WW2 forgotten base – WW2Wrecks.com
Now a project is underway to create the South Pacific World War II Museum on Vanuatu’s island of Espiritu Santo. It aims to tell the story of the second largest Allied base in the Pacific war, second only to Pearl Harbor.
WW2 Pacific Treasures – WW2Wrecks.com
By Pierre Kosmidis Rod Pearce has dedicated his time and efforts finding underwater aircraft wrecks and seeking closure to the families of hundreds -if not thousands- of Missing in Action (MIA) airmen from all nations that fought during World War Two.
The intact Nakajima B5N “Kate” of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, by …
Designed in 1935 the Nakajima B5N was technically obsolete by the time it saw service in WWII, but it still out-performed most of the Allied aircraft it came up against in the early days of the war. A fleet of Kate torpedo bombers were used in the notorious surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and they played a major role in the ...
Shot down but not forgotten: The search for lost WW2 airmen and …
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.
The WW2 shipwrecks that disappeared: Underwater explorer Kevin …
Recently whole WW2 wrecks virtually disappeared from the seabed; what are your thoughts and what could be done to ensure that this does not happen again?
An introduction to the U.S. WW2 aircraft wrecks of Kwajalein Atoll …
The planes in the “aircraft graveyard” comprise one of the most complete underwater collections of American World War II naval aircraft anywhere in the world- almost every type of U.S. plane that flew from the deck of an aircraft carrier during the war can be found near Mellu Island.
Battlefield Archaeology: An insider’s view on WW2 battle relics ...
In Europe, the fierce battles fought on the Eastern Front during WW2, produced millions of dead soldiers, many of whom lay where they fell. Groups of metal detectors are searching the now serene areas and are locating many items, ranging from guns, ammunition, parts of vehicles, aircraft, bunkers, to human remains of soldiers who were killed ...
The WW2 Pacific Treasures of Kwajalein Lagoon by Dan Farnham …
Dan has undertaken a project of epic proportions, to document, dive and explore all known wrecks in Kwajalein Atoll, both US as well as Japanese aircraft, as a lasting tribute to the men killed during WW2.