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B-17 Flying Fortress Dive Site Overview
The B-17 Flying Fortress is a well-preserved WWII bomber wreck located south of Biševo Island at 70-72 meters depth, reserved exclusively for technical divers. The aircraft remains upright on the sand with intact wings, recognizable engines, and preserved cockpit structure, serving as one of Europe's finest deep aircraft dives and a pilgrimage site for military aviation enthusiasts.
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Summary
The B-17 Flying Fortress is a well-preserved WWII bomber wreck located south of Biševo Island at 70-72 meters depth, reserved exclusively for technical divers. The aircraft remains upright on the sand with intact wings, recognizable engines, and preserved cockpit structure, serving as one of Europe's finest deep aircraft dives and a pilgrimage site for military aviation enthusiasts.
Tags
b-17-flying-fortress · wreck-diving · wwii-history · technical-diving · deep-dive · aircraft-wreck · vis-croatia
Key entities
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (technology, 0.99) · World War II (event, 0.98) · Biševo Island (location, 0.95) · Vis (location, 0.97) · Croatia (location, 0.98) · technical diving (concept, 0.92)
Classification
reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-haiku-4-5 via @stacklist/be@0.1.0, confidence 0.85, 2 Jul 2026