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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Megalodon on February 25, 2011, 02:13:50 PM
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... In local waters off San Diego. There are no Devastators in any collection or museum. Several wrecks are known and are being investigated for possible salvage and restoration:130 were produced.
It seems that there are 3 found around the states and San Diegos would be least expensive to raise.
(http://www.military-aircraft.org.uk/bombers/douglas-tdb-devastator.jpg)
"While nearly all of the 40-plus planes were shot down in the battle, those air battles allowed other planes to move in and take out Japanese carriers.
Soon after, the Devastator was retired from active service.
Seven decades later, the telling of the plane's history is missing a key element -- the plane itself.
"It's extremely rare; there are none on display in the world," said Ellis.
Ellis said that could soon change because resting in the waters along the San Diego coast is a sunken Devastator.
In 1941, a training flight from North Island ended with a crash landing and a sunken plane.
According to an accident report, the pilot survived, recounting, "A wave hit my left wing. The plane sank right wing first."
A salvage company used sonar to locate the craft and a dive confirmed it was a Devastator.
The company isn't disclosing the location, but according to museum officials, the aircraft is between 3 and 12 miles from shore and under 600 feet of water.
"It's the 'Holy Grail' in terms of naval aviation, and what we'd like to have in this museum," said Ellis.
http://www.10news.com/news/26990735/detail.html (http://www.10news.com/news/26990735/detail.html)
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WOW crank that baby up and lets get it on display in P'cola!
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Devastator needs to be added to our plane set! :aok
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The only way I ever get a torpedo hit on a ship is if I wait in the tower :uhoh
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The only way I ever get a torpedo hit on a ship is if I wait in the tower :uhoh
No Not True
I sank alot of Ships in TBM and I survived Mostly just Follow Rolex Torpedo Side
http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/torpedoes/torpedoes.htm (http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/torpedoes/torpedoes.htm)
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No Not True
I sank alot of Ships in TBM and I survived Mostly just Follow Rolex Torpedo Side
http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/torpedoes/torpedoes.htm (http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/torpedoes/torpedoes.htm)
its Great
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and awesome OP :D
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It figures they would find one in its naturaly habitat -- under the ocean...
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Update and new video at depth.
You can clearly see the stacked canopy. :cool:
http://www.10news.com/news/27004610/detail.html (http://www.10news.com/news/27004610/detail.html)
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Boy if you want old vintage WW2 aircraft and other crap, come dive in Lake Washington near Seattle!
At the bottom of Lake Washington, there are seven documented military aircraft, all Navy planes once based at the old Sand Point Naval Air Station. Local experts such as Fenn and Bob Mester, who use specialized sonar equipment to locate sunken historical treasures, said there are 100 to 300 vessels at the bottom, maybe more.
They include a 55-foot passenger steamer, a 137-foot schooner, a surplus 136-foot minesweeper and all kinds of other craft, from drag boats to sailboats.
Mester remembered a spring day in 1991 that he dived down 140 feet off of Sand Point and saw a Lockheed PV2-D Harpoon patrol bomber that had sunk in September 1947, when it went out of control during takeoff.
"There you see this fully armed World War II combat aircraft, its nose stuck in the bottom. The guns are pointing to the surface as if ready to fire right in front of you. You can touch the wheels in the tail and they spin perfectly," Mester said.