This is the Story of Six Lost Airmen of WWII, and a B26 Marauder Underwater Recovery in the Gulf of Mexico.
In the early evening of November 16, 1942, six airmen boarded a B26 Marauder at a Fort Myers, Florida Army Air Base (now known as Page Field), for a training mission.
50 minutes after takeoff, the air base received a radio call from the aircraft saying the crew was bailing out. Then, nothing.
2008
Seeking Gold, Divers Find B26 Wreckage “Widow Maker” Flew from Fort Myers Base
by Kevin Lollar
News Press
July 5, 2008
A Goodbye That Took 66 Years
by Brian O’Neill
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
October 23, 2008
2015
Conclusion to WWII Bomber Crash off Lee County Coast
by Kevin Lollar
News Press
September 3, 2015
2016
Brian O’Neill: Where Staff Sgt. William Kittiko Rests
by Brian O’Neill
Pittsburgh-Post Gazette
May 29, 2016
2018
Exhibit Connects Military, Local, Family History
by Michael Braun
News Press
May 14, 2018
Exhibit Connects Military, Local, Family History
CONTD.
Treasure Hunt Turns Mystery to History at SW Fla. Museum
By Kevin Lollar
News Press
May 13, 2018
Investigation of 1942 Crash of B26 Marauder off Sanibel Island Begins In Earnest
by Kevin Lollar
News Press
May 13, 2018
Eternal Reefs for the Crew of the B26 Bomber
by Island Sand Paper
September 17, 2018
