More than 150 Allied World War II aircraft are lying 130 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean.
The so-called airplane graveyard is located in the Kwajalein Atoll, Roi-Namur, near the Marshall Islands. Fierce battle between American and Japanese forces during World War II left a trail of wrecks on the deep lagoon floor there.
Brandi Mueller, a Merchant Mariner licensed by the US Coastguard, captured some stunning photographs of Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, F4U Corsairs, TBF/TBM Avengers, Helldivers, B-25 Mitchells, Curtiss C-46 Commandos, and F4F Wildcats, which he made available to Argunners Magazine (click the link for more images).
Notably, these planes were not actually shot down: According to Mueller, "they were taken out over the reef and pushed off intact after the war ended."
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