New Jersey men hoping to solve mystery of missing war plane
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — It's called the Photo Queen. And the mystery surrounding the missing war plane is beyond intriguing to a Gloucester County doctor and an Ocean County lawyer.
Determined to find out what happened to the Queen, a B-24 bomber of World War II with an 11-man crew, an obsessed Dr. James Bertel flew in July to a remote jungle in New Guinea to search for the plane, crew members' remains or other traces.
After hacking his way with a native guide through dense jungle infested with crocodiles, leeches and insects in the Sarmi area, the Sewell man believes he might have found the graves of four crew members lying between coconut trees along the Verkam River.