El increíble re-descubrimiento del bombardero ‘Swamp Ghos

El increíble re-descubrimiento del bombardero ‘Swamp Ghost’ When Captain Frederick ‘Fred’ Eaton, Jr crash landed B-17 Flying Fortress 41-2446 in the swampland of Papua New Guinea in 1942, he and his crew could never have imagined that, 70 years later, their aircraft would be on display at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. Badly damaged in an attack by enemy fighters while flying over Rabaul township in East New Britain, the Boeing B-17E, nicknamed ‘Swamp Ghost‘ in reference to its resting place in the Agaiambo swamp of Oro Province, lay undiscovered until 1972. (When Captain Frederick ‘Fred’ Eaton, Jr crash landed B-17 Flying Fortress 41-2446 in the swampland of Papua New Guinea in 1942, he and his crew could never have imagined that, 70 years later, their aircraft would be on display at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. Badly damaged in an attack by enemy fighters while flying over Rabaul township in East New Britain, the Boeing B-17E, nicknamed ‘Swamp Ghost‘ in reference to its resting place in the Agaiambo swamp of Oro Province, lay undiscovered until 1972.) The Flying Fortress had remained remarkably intact due to its isolated and tough-to-reach location. Salvage plans were drawn up in 2006 and the Swamp Ghost was moved to Lae wharf to await permission for its return to the United States. (La fortaleza del vuelo había permanecido notablemente intacto debido a su ubicación aislada y difícil de alcanzar. Planes de salvamento fueron elaboradas en 2006, y el Espíritu del pantano fue trasladado a Lae muelle a la espera de permiso para su regreso a los Estados Unidos.) On June 11, 2010 the aircraft was revealed to an excited public in Long Beach, California. The plane was reportedly set to move to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson for restoration, but as of March 2011 remains on loan to Chino’s Planes of Fame Museum. (El 11 de junio de 2010, el avión fue revelado a un público excitado en Long Beach, California. El avión fue creado supuestamente para ir a la Pima Air & Space Museum en Tucson para la restauración, pero en marzo de 2011 se mantiene en préstamo de Chino Planes of Fame Museum.) The Swamp Ghost was one of several B-17 aircraft to be discovered largely intact in the marshes and jungles of Papua New Guinea. Other impressive Flying Fortress wrecks still in evidence include the ‘Gray Ghost‘ and the sunken ‘Black Jack‘. (El fantasma del pantano era uno de varios aviones B-17 que se descubrió intacta en gran parte en los pantanos y las selvas de Papua Nueva Guinea. Otros restos impresionantes fortaleza volante que aún se advierten incluyen el "Fantasma Gris" y hundido el "Negro Jack".)