World War-II aircraft wreckage discovered at Roing in Lower Dibang Valley

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Itanagar: Troops from the Spear Corps of the Army discovered a wreckage of a World War II vintage US Air force aircraft at Roing in Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.

Based on information received from local trekkers of the district through the police, a special patrol of Army was sent to locate the wreckage in a remote location, 30 km from Roing recently, Kohima-based Defence Spokesman Col Chiranjit Konwer said in a statemement on Thursday.

The 12-member Army patrol along with one police representative, successfully carried out the arduous task on March 30.

The patrol located the aircraft debris covered by thick undergrowth and deeply buried under five feet of snow. Few items of the 1941 vintage have been collected by the patrol without disturbing the wreckage. The patrol moved cross- country for 30 kilometres in thick jungles and snow covered areas for eight days to trace out the wreckage. The region had seldom been ventured by anyone in the past and is even obscured from air due to thick foliage, the spokesman said.

“The discovery of the vintage aircraft and other warlike stores will definitely lead to revelation of some historical inputs. The Army patrol is in the location searching for more details,” Konwer added.

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