Medal Of Honor Pilot's Plane Found After 80 Years

POPLAR, WI (WSAU) – An important piece of Wisconsin military history was discovered in the jungles of Papua New Guinea last week and announced on Thursday after more than 80 years of searching.

According to the Independent UK, the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, Wisconsin, along with the nonprofit World War II historical preservation group Pacific Wrecks, has located the infamous Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter known as “Marge,” which crashed and was lost back in March 1944 after suffering engine failure.

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