{"id":50991,"date":"2023-03-28T23:41:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=50991"},"modified":"2024-03-28T03:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T02:01:44","slug":"the-wreck-of-a-japanese-aichi-e13a-jake-seaplane-that-was-missing-for-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/28\/the-wreck-of-a-japanese-aichi-e13a-jake-seaplane-that-was-missing-for-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The wreck of a Japanese Aichi E13A 'Jake' seaplane that was missing for 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

During World War II, the Pacific Ocean was a vast maritime battlefield between the United States and the Japanese Empire.<\/p>\n

The Maid of Harlech: the P-38 fighter that was buried on a beach for 65 years<\/a><\/rel>
\nKwajalein: a huge graveyard with about 160 World War II aircraft at the bottom of the sea<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The Pacific Ocean still hides many remains of ships and planes that ended up buried in its waters. One of them is in Palau, an independent republic made up of more than 300 islands located in Micronesia.<\/strong> During World War II these islands were under Japanese rule. Near the largest island of the archipelago, Babelthuap, a short distance from its capital, Koror, an Imperial Japanese Navy Aichi E13A-1 'Jake' seaplane sank for unknown reasons<\/strong> during that war.<\/p>\n

As also happened with many other aircraft during, the plane was missing for half a century<\/strong>, until it was found in 1994 by a fisherman, according to the web Fishnfins.com<\/a>. It is 6 meters deep and today it has become an attraction for divers. Two months ago, a Chinese diver, Hermione Wu<\/a>, posted an interesting video showing the remains of this plane:<\/strong><\/p>\n