{"id":22283,"date":"2022-10-26T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=22283"},"modified":"2022-11-02T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:42:29","slug":"secrets-of-the-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/secrets-of-the-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of the Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=nov22_portland_monthly_magazine&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;pageNumber=38&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>On May 16, 1944, two young British naval officers launched their two F-4 Corsairs from Brunswick Naval Air Station on a training mission over Sebago Lake. This\u00ad\u2014and perhaps only this\u2014part of the legend is undisputed.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>By Colin W. Sargent<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he bodies of the pilots who went down with their planes 50 fathoms below the surface of Sebago have never been recovered. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But whether they remain in their aircraft, now deemed watery \u2018graves,\u2019 is murky.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS News reported in 1999 that the British government and U. S. courts ruled the planes are war graves and must not be disturbed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Read the full story in the digital magazine above.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Family-Pic-Colorized-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Family-Pic-Colorized-1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Family-Pic-Colorized-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Family-Pic-Colorized-1-200x267.png 200w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Family-Pic-Colorized-1-262x350.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 16, 1944, two young British naval officers launched their two F-4 Corsairs from Brunswick Naval Air Station on a training mission over Sebago Lake. 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