Durrie’s Piece #6: Searching for the Past in WWII Shipwrecks

Durrie looks for sunken planes from World War II near Rabaul. Photo Credit: Claire Harbage/NPR

As Durrie reports in a digital piece, remains have never been found for many of the World War II dead who served in the Pacific.

“There was no GPS, there were no black boxes, so a plane disappeared completely. Sometimes it was seen over the target or seen returning, but never showed up at the base. For the family of that pilot that was seen flying into a cloud and never came out, maybe it would provide closure for them. There's these stories that have not been told." —Justin Taylan, Pacific Wrecks

A peek at Claire Harbage behind the camera. Photo credit: Durrie Bouscaren.