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did the crew get out

Besättning: 10 man
Spännvidd: 31,62 meter
Typ: Bombflygplan som var baserad på Thurleigh i England under kriget
Byggd: 1944 i Seattle, Washington State, USA
Förlist: Sjönk efter nödlandning 8 maj 1944
Längd: 22,79 meter
Höjd: 5,82 meter
Flygvikt: 29 835 kilo
Maxfart: 483 km/h
Bomblast: 4 600 kilo
Flygsträcka (utan bomber): 4 830 km
Beväpning: 13 stycken 12,7 mm ksp
Djup över botten: ca 39 meter
Djup över vraket: ca 36 meter

Grym Video

Plane’s Name?

why didnt he go inside it?

The visibility was quite bad that day. So I arranged my lightsetup wide to compensate for this and well… In that config the camera and lighting is too big for the door.

If I would have forced my way in it would have given max 5sec of video. Then the stirred up silt would have covered everything.

I think I read about this plane in my Grandfather’s WWII book on the American plane group he served, the plane was damaged by AA fire on the return trip, damaged, it limped north to a freindly airbase in sweeden. It was nearly there when the engines finally gave out, the crew abandoned ship and were later rescued by an ally ship…

Thats about all I know, but this could be the wrek of another plane though too…

A couple of years ago I renovated an old house and under the floor I found a piece of newspaper from the 40s that said that a B-17 had crashed outside the coast of Skåne, Sweden, must have been this plane. Too bad I didnt keep the paper!

rip to the pilot and the butiful b17 lest we forget them.

Actually, that is probably not this plane. There is remains of a B-17 bomber off the coast of Skåne. The plane you read about is probably a B-17G no. 42-107178. Remains of that one lies in quite shallow water outside Skillinge.

It may very well be the right one. Everyone in the crew survived and was rescued by a local fisherman.

I like the music. What is it?

braveheart or something

Cool video too. Thanks for the reply on the music.

but did u go inside? idc bout the footage but did u? i wud hav. since the crew survived i wud. if they didnt i wud hav kept out. lets not disturb the dead shall we?

Outstanding. Thank You.

vilket land var det som sköt ner den?

tyskland

Do you have information on the identity of the plane (tail number) and/or the Bomb Group/Squadron?

You guys are awesome! Great dive! Don’t you get chills, just getting to touch a piece of history like that, and it hasen’t been seen in almost 70 years? I’m such an aviation nut, I’d be crying in my mask!

i dont know about you but i find this sad…dont ask why…

nice video + sound track thanks for showing the world : ) keep them coming

So is this wreck in swedden?

@AlexBoy123HBG
Yes, it is in Sweden.

@mixgasdiver Really dident know that ,and i live there myself in sweden..