Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory Archive

IN THE SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA

HURL Artifact No.	AIR-4	*Denotes approximations and speculations


Name:	Unknown	Lost:	Unknown
Artifact Type:	Aircraft Wreckage	Found:	30-Aug-01
Nationality:	Unknown	Dive No:	PIV-022
Class or Make:	*Fighter	Location:	Defensive Sea Area
Model:	Unknown	Depth (m):	370m
Purpose:	*Air Combat	HURL crew:	Kerby, Holloway, Gudes
Serial Number:	Unknown	Additional Dives:
Built/Launched:	*WW II Era

Length:	*8'
Width:	*8'
Height:	*5'



Circumstance of Loss:	*Crashed	Crew Personnel/Position:	Unknown

Reason of Loss:	Unknown	Crew Survivals/Fatalities:	Unknown

Artifact History:	Unknown

Artifact Condition:	Body consists of the cockpit and a portion of the wing. The engine is missing as it all of the upper portions of the cockpit. Everything aft of the wing is also missing. Damage hints of a crash but could also have been dumped.

Additional Information:	This aircraft body is 120m away from an engine. A wing and other aircraft parts are 65m away. It is therefore very likely all from the same plane. (See AIR-5 & AIR-7). It is possible that this plane is from a mid-air collision of two Hellcats (See AIR-9) or even possibly a Japanese Zero from the attack on Pearl Harbor.