![]() The aircraft had a wingspan of nearly 104 feet (32 meters) and a length of nearly 74 feet (23 meters). ![]() “Often in my life the courage and the perseverance that Dad and his fellow crew members demonstrated gave me courage to face some of the challenges we’ve all met in life,” said the bombardier’s son, Mike Oliver of Richmond, Va., who was born while his father was missing in action.Īn Australian air force crew came upon the B-17 in 1972. Fred Eaton piloted the aircraft to a belly landing in what turned out to be a swamp and the nine crewmen survived a six-week ordeal escaping the swamp and making their way to safety. The four-engine B-17E Flying Fortress was built by Boeing in November 1941, flew from California to Hawaii days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and then island-hopped to Australia.Īrmy Air Corps Capt. The incident happened "during a raid on Japanese forces at Rabaul in New Britain." 23, 1942, after being "damaged by enemy fire" and subsequently losing fuel. ![]() In 2010, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the "Swamp Ghost," a U.S. The story told of a Boeing B-17E bomber from World War II that had been discovered in Papau New Guinea in 1972. ![]() Readers who clicked the ad were led to a slideshow article on a website named Skip and Giggle. An intriguing ad actually led to some truth for once. ![]()
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