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A diver explores and photographs the remarkably intact wreck of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber resting at 235 feet on the Adriatic seabed near the Croatian island of Vis, where it ditched in November 1944 after a bombing raid over Slovenia. The article recounts the aircraft's history, the fate of co-pilot Ernest Vienneau, and nearby dive sites including the B-24 Liberator "Tulsamerican," while highlighting Vis as a diving destination.
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Summary
A diver explores and photographs the remarkably intact wreck of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber resting at 235 feet on the Adriatic seabed near the Croatian island of Vis, where it ditched in November 1944 after a bombing raid over Slovenia. The article recounts the aircraft's history, the fate of co-pilot Ernest Vienneau, and nearby dive sites including the B-24 Liberator "Tulsamerican," while highlighting Vis as a diving destination.
Tags
wreck-diving · b-17-flying-fortress · world-war-ii · adriatic-sea · croatia · underwater-photography · vis-island
Key entities
B-17 Flying Fortress (technology, 0.99) · B-24 Liberator (technology, 0.95) · Ernest Vienneau (person, 0.97) · Danijel Frka (person, 0.95) · Darko Bojanić (person, 0.9) · Andi Marović (person, 0.9) · Steve Jones (person, 0.85) · Vis (location, 0.99) · Adriatic Sea (location, 0.98) · Croatia (location, 0.97) · Komiža (location, 0.9) · Slovenia (location, 0.88) · Manta Diving Centre (organization, 0.93) · World War II (event, 0.99) · wreck diving (concept, 0.97) · Tulsamerican (technology, 0.9)
Classification
analysis · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 2 Jul 2026