14.February
1944 the American airplane B-17 G "Baron" was hit by
German Messerschmidt ME 109 during a bomb raid in Italy.
"Baron" who was stationed in Foggia in Italy, decided to
fly to Corsica after several of the engines had been
knocked out by the enemy fighters, and make an emergency
landing there. Unfortunately the landing strip was to
short for big planes like this, and they had to land on
the ocean instead. The wreck rest today on a depth of 25
meter, approx 200 meter from shore north of the citadel in
the old town of Calvi.
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Boing
B-17 G Flying Fortress
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22,7
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16,4 tons ( empty )
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Picture: Boing B-17 Flying Fortress
Wikipedia, Public domain

Notes:
Length:
74 ft 4 in (22.66 m), Wingspan:
103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
Height:
19 ft 1 in (5.82 m), Wing
area: 1,420 ft² (131.92 m²)
Empty
weight: 36,135 lb (16,391 kg)
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