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Old 07-13-2008, 05:17 AM   #1
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More plane wreck pictures from Kwajalein Atoll...
Hi again all!

Last month, I took a mini-vacation and flew up to Roi for 10 days, to do nothing but dive in the aircraft graveyard. I shot about 200 pictures of plane wrecks, and I've selected a few to share with you all here.

First up- here's an SBD fuselage from the '13 SBD's' dive site-



Moving closer...



Pilot's office-



Rear-gunner's turret ring-



Finally, the tail in silhouette-



More in the next post...

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I love these shots... Amazing that she's still standing on her nose like that after all these years...
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Unbelieveable!

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Fantastic shots, looking forward to more...!
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Great to see you back man those shots are incredible
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EXCELLENT!

Whats the story behind the name of the dive site?
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wow fantastic shots, thanks!
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Thanks for all the compliments everyone! Glad you guys like the sets of pics I've posted.

syscom3- '13 SBD's' is a site where you can see 13 SBD's in one dive. It was given that name some years back, by Roi divers. There's another one on its nose like the one above, and more SBD wrecks scattered about.

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