Deep in the overgrown jungles of the Pacific, time can stand still. For decades, dense canopy, vines, and moss have cloaked the final resting places of downed WWII bombers — steel war machines that once roared through the skies now sit in silent decay, entangled in roots and draped in foliage.
One of the most emblematic cases is Swamp Ghost, a B-17E Flying Fortress that in February 1942 crash-landed in a remote swamp in Papua New Guinea after a bombing mission.
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