Locating World War II Airmen Lost in Waters Off Palau
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
During World War II, the western Pacific was a hotbed for combat. Numerous aircraft were lost in the waters off Palau, submerged for decades with little closure for the families of fallen airmen. Researchers from the University of Delaware and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, working with the non-profit BentProp Project, are using underwater robotics technologies to find them.