14. februar 1944 ble det amerikanske flyet B-17 G "Baron" truffet av tyske Messerschmidt ME 109 under et bombetokt i Italia. "Baron", som var stasjonert i Foggia i Italia, bestemte seg for å fly til Korsika etter at flere av motorene var slått ut av de fientlige jagerne, og ta en nødlanding der. Dessverre var landingstripen for kort for så store fly, og de måtte lande på sjøen istedenfor. Vraket ligger idag på en dybde av tjuetre meter, to hundre meter fra land rett ved slottet ved Calvi. Cockpiten ligger på havbunnen separert fra motorene og vingene.....

14. February 1944 the american airplane B-17 G "Baron" was hit by german Messerschmidt ME 109 during a bomb raid in Italy. "Baron" who was stationed in Foggia in Italy, decided to fly to Corsica after several of the engines had been knocked out by the enemy fighters, and make an emergency landing there. Unfortunately the landing strip was to short for big planes like this, and they had to land on the ocean instead. The wreck lies today on a depth of twenty three meters, to hundred meters from land next to the citadel in Calvi. The cockpit lies on the seabed separated from the engines and the wings....

Left Picture: http://hjem.get2net.dk/royalpanto/planepic.htm#
Right picture: http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil

Also see http://www.aero-relic.org/English/B-17_42-31044_Chaplick/e-00-b17chaplick.htm
for more detailed information

Crew: 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer-top turret gunner,
radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner[113]
Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
Wingspan: 103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
Height: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Wing area: 1,420 ft² (131.92 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 0018 / NACA 0010
Empty weight: 36,135 lb (16,391 kg)
Loaded weight: 54,000 lb (24,495 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 65,500 lb (29710 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone" turbosupercharged radial engines,
1,200 hp (895 kW) each

Maximum speed: 287 mph (249 knots, 462 km/h)
Cruise speed: 182 mph (158 knots, 293 km/h)
Range: 1,738 nm (2,000 mi, 3,219 km) with 2,722 kg (6,000 lb) bombload
Service ceiling: 35,600 ft (10,850 m)
Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
Wing loading: 38.0 lb/ft² (185.7 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.089 hp/lb (150 W/kg)

Guns: 13× M2 Browning .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns in twin turrets,
plus single dorsal, fore and aft beam positions (with optional extra nose armament fitted in glazed nose).
Bombs: Although it theoretically could carry 17,417 lb (7900 kg) of bombs, the B-17
rarely flew combat missions with more than 5,071 lb (2300 kg).[citation needed]
Short range missions (<400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg)
Long range missions (˜800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg)