The "Emily" was a very large, 4 engine bomber lying upside down on the bottom of the lagoon, 50 ft. deep.
"Emily" was the American code name for this type of aircraft, the Kawanishi H8K.
This plane was attacked in the air by several American fighters, and barely made it's way back to Truk. It made a very hard landing at the Dublon Island seaplane base, where it broke apart and sank.
This is the nose section of the "Emily", which broke into three pieces as it sank.
The windows seen here were on the underside of the airplane, just below the turret of the nose gun.
Soft corals seemed to be everywhere at Truk
The "Betty" bomber (Mitsubishi G4M) sits right side up on the bottom of Truk Lagoon, 85 ft. deep.
It's nose was crushed as it crashed into the lagoon, and it's engines were torn free of their mountings.
A view from the inside, looking out through the nose of the bomber.
Radio equipment inside the Betty Bomber.
Text and Photos © 1999 by Bob Hampton All Rights Reserved