Less than three months after Pearl Harbor, a nine-member crew flew what is fondly referred to as the “Swamp Ghost” over New Guinea in an ill-fated bombing mission. Hagen and B-17 enthusiast ...

The incomplete text hinted that something interesting had been found inside a World War II airplane that later became known as "Swamp Ghost ... crew came upon the B-17 in 1972.

A B-17 bomber that lay in a New Guinea swamp for decades after being forced down during a World War II combat mission has been returned to the United States. Salvagers displayed the forward ...