ITANAGAR: A 12-member Indian Army patrol along with a police representative recovered wreckage of a World War II vintage US Air Force aircraft in Roing district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The patrol located the aircraft debris covered by thick undergrowth and buried under five feet of snow last month.
Based on the information received from local trekkers of Lower Dibang district through the police, a special patrol of Army was sent to locate the wreckage in a remote location, 30 kms from Roing, an Indian Army spokesperson said.
During the World War (1939-1945), the allies–the US, the UK and France–used China as a base to launch strike against the imperial Japan.
The patrol moved cross country for 30 kilometers 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. (AGENCIES)
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