WWII B-17 BlackJack in Papua New Guinea
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Uploaded by pixelkatt on Jul 6, 2006
This B-17 went down July 11, 1943 during WWII off the shore of the village known as Boga-Boga on a tiny Papuan island during a terrible storm. Amazingly, all of the crew members survived the crash with the help of the native peoples who ventured out into the surf in their dugout canoes to rescue the American aviators. To make a cool story even cooler, the co-pilot grew up a couple of towns over from where I did, in western PA.
The wreck sits perfectly preserved on a white sand bottom in about 150 feet of water. I'm a little narc'd up on this dive (hence the saluting and whatnot.)
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Terrific video and an amazing story.
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it would be cool if they found some bones
but whats the planes story??
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This is weird. My Dad was on this B-17 (BlackJack) when it crashed. His back was broken. His name was Delbert C. Smith and I believe he was the Top Turrent Gunner.
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Did this dive back in '98 from the Paradise Sport.
The video helped the reminiscing!
But it missed what IMO was the most memorable part of the B-17, its tail machine gun.
The gun still moved as if it were greased yesterday!! Up, down, and sideways.
The control column was movable too.
BTW the documentary video that was made about it was named: "Blackjack's Final Mission"
It also shows the wreck underwater.
I enjoyed this; well done
seadeucei 2 years ago
Thanks :-) I was seriously narc'd on this dive.
pixelkatt 2 years ago
love the b-17s, did you organise the dive with airways hotel n stuff. Yea how far deep was the dive,
herbies182 3 years ago
We were on the Mike Ball boat, Paradise Sport out of Port Moresby for the entire week. Great boat- highly recommended. The dive was fairly deep- about 150 ft.
pixelkatt 3 years ago
This is a great video but I'm surprised that no-one has commented on the skills of the pilot.For all the crew to survive a crash landing at sea - in a storm - in a big aircraft - that didn't break up - wow! That was some pilot. He should be in the hall of fame!
ossy3154 4 years ago
There's a full length documentary video on the event somewhere, but the pilot was aiming to land on the reef, but missed, which is one reason why the plane is still intact. That everyone survived is very much due to the fact that the Boga-Bogans went out and rescued the crew. It's a really cool story, all the way around.
pixelkatt 4 years ago