Known as the “Maid of Harlech” the USAAF fighter crashed on the Gwynedd coast when it was taking part in training exercises and its engines cut out. At the time, the find was described as “one of the most important WWII finds in recent history”. Nature has done a great job of hiding the wreck. ![]() ![]() The photographs show how the previously undetected twin engine fighter looked as it suddenly appeared on the Wales beach. Then, 65 years later in 2007, after a storm, shifting waters displaced the sand to reveal a P-38 Lightning fighter to the amazement of aviation buffs around the world. It laid buried under the sands and waves since it crashed off the coast of Wales in 1942.
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