Daily Mail News
By JOSIE ADNITT and KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 07:21 EST, 2 March 2024 | UPDATED: 11:08 EST, 2 March 2024
A US Marines plane that went down during World War Two has been discovered in the South Pacific, 80 years after it went missing in action, DailyMail.com can confirm.
The twisted wreckage of a Douglas SBD Dauntless was found in January in the jungle of Papua New Guinea by locals who had heard tales of a nearby crash for generations.
Photos of the plane’s serial number (35971) match a Dauntless that went down on January 14, 1944 with pilot Lt. Billy Ray Ramsey and gunner Sgt. Charlie J. Sciara aboard.