B-17 Wreck near Vis Island, Croatia
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CT-Rich
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Very nice video, I loved the use of slow motion and the music together.
Ghetto Diver
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Thanks for sharing...very well done.
I checked out your web site too...you have skillz.
I checked out your web site too...you have skillz.
TONY CHANEY
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any information pertaining to the wreck? She looks to be in rather good shape. Very nice video!
Yes, it's identified as B-17 G serial number 44-6630. It crash landed near the coast of Vis Island (Vis had the half way emergency landing field for bombers coming back to Italy from mainland Europe) on 6. November 1944. (or 7th, the records are not clear). Only one member of the crew was killed and his body was left in the wreck, so the wreck is a war grave and no penetration is allowed. It was discovered in 2002 and because of the great condition of the wreck indentified immediately. It's located 30 meters from the shore at 70 meters depth on the east side of the island, at depth of 65-77 meters I believe. This is the best preserved airplane wreck to day on Vis, and probably in Croatia, the only contender is the looted Stuka wreck near island of irje. But I believe there is a chance of that changing very soon, we have 4 confirmed wrecks to check out at the moment, and around 120 possible ones around the island. Add to that the 5 known ones already, and we got a boatload of wrecks around Vis, to bad all the planes are 40+, most 80+ meters deep.
This dive site could be a really good reason to visit Croatia.
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