Project Recover located the aircraft in the waters of Palau in 2015 during our third year in partnership with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California,
San Diego, and the College of Earth, Ocean, and
Environment, University of Delaware.
In August 2021, Project Recover conducted its first MIA Recovery Mission, with assistance from Legion Undersea Services divers, and recovered the remains of Missing in Action service members from this site. This endeavor marked Project Recover's first MIA recovery mission in partnership with DPAA, Scripps, UDEL, and Legion Undersea Services. The accomplishment distinguishes Project Recover as the only non-government agency capable of all aspects of MIA Recovery, including research, search,
documentation, and recovery of land or marine-based crash sites. In Project Recover's article, MIA Recovery Mission in Palau, our photos tell the story of the people, diving, archaeology, and wreckage retrieval.
