B-17 Flying Fortress Underwater - Vis Croatia

3D Model

This is a WWII B-17 Flying Fortress that is off the island of Vis Croatia. The plane crash landed after suffering damage from ani-aircraft fire while on its first mission. The copilot, 2nd Lt. Ernest Vienneau died before the plane landed on the water trying to make it to the island. his remains went down with the aircraft. The remaining crew survived and the plane slowly sank into 230 feet / 70 meters of water off the island. It’s the most perfectly intact aircraft i’ve been fortunate enough to dive and a real piece of WWII history.

Ernest Vienneau’s remains were finally recovered in Oct 2020 to be put to rest this month (Oct 2021).He was recovered by a highly trained team of technical divers.

This model is composed of 2308 images taken 230 feet deep / 70 meters. I did most of it in a single 35 minute bottom time and 2 hours of decompression. On the following day i shot an additional 10 minutes to capture the inside portions and make sure of complete coverage with - Becky Kagan Schott