Petrel team visits PNG "Black Jack" B-17F wreck (41-24521)

[Russ Matthews]

It apparently took some delicate maneuvering, but on a recent visit to Papua New Guinea, Paul Allen's R/V Petrel team dropped their high tech ROV on the near shore wreck of B-17F-20-BO "Black Jack/The Joker's Wild" (S/N 41-24521).

I managed to grab some screen shots of their Facebook page and attach them below for non users. FB members can go directly to the R/V Petrel account and scroll down the to the original posts from 30 March 2018 using this link ...

https://www.facebook.com/rvpetrel/

And you can all read more about the history of the plane on the "Pacific Wrecks" website here ...

https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-24521.html

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