| 词条 | Swamp Ghost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Swamp Ghost is a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress piloted by Captain Frederick 'Fred' C. Eaton, Jr, that ditched in a swamp on Papua New Guinea during the Second World War, after a raid on ships at Japanese-occupied New Britain on February 23, 1942. While flying over Rabaul, it was intercepted and eventually, having run out of fuel, had to force-land in a remote swamp near the north coast of New Guinea. All of the crew survived the crash landing and arduous trek out.[1] DiscoveryThe aircraft was rediscovered in 1972 in Agaiambo swamp, where it earned the nickname Swamp Ghost. It was salvaged in 2006 and moved to Lae wharf where it lay waiting for permission to be transferred to the United States.[1] By February 2010, the wreck had been cleared for import to the United States.[2] In 2010, the aircraft was shipped to the U.S., and on June 11, 2010, was shown to a public gathering in Long Beach, California that included family members of the original crew. Plans were made to bring Swamp Ghost to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson for restoration to static display. After arriving at Long Beach, the aircraft was on indefinite loan to the Planes of Fame Air Museum at Chino Airport.[3] The Swamp Ghost was received by the Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor on April 10, 2013.[4] As of August 2013, the museum plans to restore the aircraft for static display in Hangar 79 on Ford Island. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Antczak|first1=John|title=World War II Bomber 'Swamp Ghost' Returns to US|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2010/jun/11/world-war-ii-bomber-swamp-ghost-returns-to-us/|website=The San Diego Union-Tribune|accessdate=30 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530015419/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2010/jun/11/world-war-ii-bomber-swamp-ghost-returns-to-us/|archivedate=29 May 2016|date=11 June 2010}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=B-17E Bomber Rescued from Papua New Guinea Swamp, Now On Display in Hawaii|url=https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/world-war-two-b-17e-bomber-rescued-papua-new-guineaswamp.html|website=War History Online|accessdate=30 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413230341/https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/world-war-two-b-17e-bomber-rescued-papua-new-guineaswamp.html|archivedate=13 April 2016|date=6 February 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Swamp Ghost Fuselage On Display at Chino|url=http://planesoffame.org/uploads/newsletter/POF%20News%20vol35%20no1WEB.pdf|accessdate=18 January 2013}} 4. ^1 {{cite web | last1 = Murata | first1 = A. | last2 = Koivunen | first2 = J. | title = Legendary Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress a.k.a. "Swamp Ghost" Arrived Today, April 10 At Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor | work = press release | publisher = Pacific Aviation Museum | date = 2013-04-10 | url = http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/news/presspdf/B17EArrives.pdf | accessdate = 2014-05-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130721134904/http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/news/presspdf/B17EArrives.pdf | archivedate = 2013-07-21}} External links
6 : Individual aircraft of World War II|South West Pacific theatre of World War II|Papua New Guinea in World War II|Aviation accidents and incidents in 1942|Aviation accidents and incidents in Papua New Guinea|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
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