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February 9, 2021: B-29 Bomber

Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer hovers over a World War II B-29 Bomber in the channel between Tinian and Saipan. This was the first B-29 crash site found of over a dozen American B-29s lost in the area while flying missions against Japan during World War II.

Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. Download larger version (jpg, 561 KB).

Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer hovers over a World War II B-29 Bomber in the channel between Tinian and Saipan. This was the first B-29 crash site found of over a dozen American B-29s lost in the area while flying missions against Japan during World War II.

From: 2016 Deepwater Explorer of the Marianas: Leg 3 Mission Summary.