B-17 F Flying Fortress "Black
Jack"
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American bomber airplane B-17 F Flying Fortress nicknamed
"Black Jack", was launched in July 1942, and was assigned
to US Air Force 19th Bomb Group. She was later transferred
to 43rd Bomb Group and assigned service in the Pacific.
11. July 1943 she had to do an emergency landing
outside Honiera on the Solomon Islands. She sank shortly
after, and the stern was dragged ashore and salvaged two
years later, while the rest of the airplane was left alone
in the deep. The wreck was found by divers in December
1986, and the battered remains of her rest fifty meter
from shore outside Domo Beach on a depth of 10 to 20
meter.
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| 9° 16′ 26.35″ S, 159° 46′ 30.98″ E  Picture: Boing B-17 Flying Fortress Courtesy of Wikipedia, Public domain |
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