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U.S. Army Pacific commander Gen. Vincent K. Brooks visits the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island to view the B-17 restoration underway. After receiving heavy fire during a strike on the Imperial Japanese Navy base on New Britain, the Army Air Forces bomber was forced to make an emergency landing on its way to Port Moresby, New Guinea. Pilot Capt. Frederick C. Eaton aimed for an open green field and set it down in what turned out to be the Agaiambo Swamp in 5 feet of water. There the "Swamp Ghost" sat until 2006, when efforts began to return it to U.S. soil. The Swamp Ghost arrived at the Pacific Aviation Museum on April 10, 2013, and preservation efforts are ongoing.
| Date Taken: | 02.11.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 02.19.2016 19:54 |
| Photo ID: | 2412388 |
| VIRIN: | 160211-A-YZ048-117 |
| Resolution: | 3888x2592 |
| Size: | 5.88 MB |
| Location: | FORD ISLAND, HAWAII, US |
| Web Views: | 68 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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Gen. Brooks pays his respects to the Swamp Ghost
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