P-38 – Wrecked in my rEvo

The Dogfight (Newport Beach, CA)

July 7, 2021July 10, 2021by Brett Eldridge1 Comment

We aren't the first to find or dive these two wrecks, but I believe that no information has previously been publicly released about them. Captain Ray Artnz first located and identified the wrecks back in the 2000s but the location isn't publicly available. On Thursday July 1st, I went with DJ Mansfield and Tyler Stalter [...]

SoCal Dive, Wreck

P-38 Lightning (San Diego, 130 fsw)

August 29, 2020September 25, 2021by Brett Eldridge3 Comments

This P-38 crashed during a training flight near Torrey Pines State Beach in May 1943. There were three planes engaging in a practice attack drill when one of them had the right wing hit the surface of the water, damage the prop and then he tried to limp home on the remaining engine. However, the [...]