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Divers to pull WWII plane from Calif. reservoir

By musiclover - Thu Aug 19, 12:41 pm

It was a surprising image for the fisherman hoping to find bass on his electronic fish finder: The outline of an airplane submerged 85 feet below the surface of a San Diego reservoir.

Navy divers later confirmed it was a rare World War II dive bomber that crashed after its engine failed during a training exercise on May 28, 1945.

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