Osudn\u00e9ho dne v b\u0159eznu 1945 se poru\u010d\u00edk David L. Mandt vydal na osudovou misi z n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed leteck\u00e9 stanice Patuxent River v Marylandu. Let\u011bl s st\u00edhac\u00edm letounem XF8F-1 Bearcat a vzl\u00e9tl na st\u0159eleck\u00fd test nad Chesapeake Bay. Ale ve 3:45 odpoledne Mandt zmizel. Z\u00e1chrann\u00e9 t\u00fdmy vyslan\u00e9 do oblasti objevily ropnou skvrnu a trosky, v\u010detn\u011b sed\u00e1ku s Mandtov\u00fdm jm\u00e9nem napsan\u00fdm na n\u011bm.<\/p>\n\n
O des\u00edtky let pozd\u011bji zah\u00e1jili archeologov\u00e9 z Institutu n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed historie (IMH) a N\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00edho historick\u00e9ho a d\u011bdictv\u00ed velen\u00ed (NHHC) vy\u0161et\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed pomoc\u00ed sonarov\u00fdch pr\u016fzkum\u016f. V roce 2010 se archeolog Dan Lynberg potopil ke dnu z\u00e1livu a prozkoumal objekt, kter\u00fd se zd\u00e1l b\u00fdt letadlem. P\u0159es to, \u017ee byl pokryt\u00fd \u00falomky, Lynberg jej identifikoval jako vojenskou st\u00edha\u010dku nebo akrobatick\u00e9 letadlo na z\u00e1klad\u011b struktury k\u0159\u00eddel. Kabina byla v\u0161ak napln\u011bn\u00e1 sedimentem a fotografie se nepoda\u0159ilo vyvolat.<\/p>\n\n
N\u00e1sledn\u00e9 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvy archeolog\u016f IMH a NHHC odhalily dal\u0161\u00ed stopy. Tvar vstup\u016f vzduchu, um\u00edst\u011bn\u00ed \u010do\u010dky kamery zbran\u011b a rozp\u011bt\u00ed k\u0159\u00eddel nazna\u010dovaly, \u017ee potopen\u00e9 letadlo bylo Mandt\u016fv Bearcat. Kone\u010dn\u00fd d\u016fkaz v\u0161ak nad\u00e1le unikal. Aby ov\u011b\u0159ili toto\u017enost vraku, museli pot\u00e1p\u011b\u010di vykopat kokpit a naj\u00edt kovovou datovou desti\u010dku s eviden\u010dn\u00edm \u010d\u00edslem letadla.<\/p>\n\n
David L. Mandt byl vyznamenan\u00fd pilot, kter\u00fd se b\u011bhem 2. sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lky z\u00fa\u010dastnil dev\u00edti operac\u00ed z letadlov\u00fdch lod\u00ed. Nad Novou Irlandi\u00ed sest\u0159elil dv\u011b japonsk\u00e1 letadla a za svou slu\u017ebu posmrtn\u011b obdr\u017eel Leteckou medaili. Jeho tragick\u00e9 zmizen\u00ed p\u0159eru\u0161ilo slibnou kari\u00e9ru a zanechalo pr\u00e1zdnotu v \u017eivot\u011b jeho rodiny a druh\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
Vy\u0161et\u0159ovatel\u00e9 se sna\u017eili ur\u010dit p\u0159\u00ed\u010dinu Mandtovy hav\u00e1rie kv\u016fli nedostatku sv\u011bdk\u016f a fyzick\u00fdch d\u016fkaz\u016f. Velikost ropn\u00e9 skvrny a objev odd\u011blen\u00e9 \u010d\u00e1sti motoru v\u0161ak nazna\u010dovaly n\u00e1silnou kolizi. Archeolog NHHC George Schwarz si v\u0161iml neobvykle zachoval\u00e9ho stavu vraku, co\u017e poskytlo cenn\u00e9 charakteristiky pro identifikaci.<\/p>\n\n
N\u00e1mo\u0159nictvo pl\u00e1nuje na ja\u0159e se vr\u00e1tit na m\u00edsto, aby hledalo datovou desti\u010dku kokpitu. Pokud budou \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u00ed, definitivn\u011b potvrd\u00ed toto\u017enost vraku jako Mandtova Bearcatu. Tento dlouho o\u010dek\u00e1van\u00fd objev nejen vy\u0159e\u0161\u00ed desetilet\u00ed star\u00e9 n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed tajemstv\u00ed, ale tak\u00e9 osv\u011btl\u00ed okolnosti kolem Mandtovy posledn\u00ed hrdinsk\u00e9 mise.<\/p>\n\n
P\u00e1tr\u00e1n\u00ed po Mandtov\u011b letadle je d\u016fkazem d\u016fle\u017eitosti zachov\u00e1n\u00ed historick\u00fdch artefakt\u016f z vojensk\u00fdch konflikt\u016f. Tyto relikvie slou\u017e\u00ed jako hmatateln\u00e9 p\u0159ipom\u00ednky ob\u011bt\u00ed t\u011bch, kte\u0159\u00ed slou\u017eili sv\u00e9 zemi, a poskytuj\u00ed cenn\u00e9 poznatky o minul\u00fdch ud\u00e1lostech. Vy\u0159e\u0161en\u00edm z\u00e1hady Mandtova posledn\u00edho letu ct\u00edme jeho odkaz a p\u0159isp\u00edv\u00e1me ke kolektivn\u00ed pam\u011bti na 2. sv\u011btovou v\u00e1lku.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Posledn\u00ed let pilota z 2. sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lky: Odhalen\u00ed tajemstv\u00ed v Chesapeake Bay Zmizen\u00ed Osudn\u00e9ho dne v b\u0159eznu 1945 se poru\u010d\u00edk David L. Mandt vydal na osudovou misi z n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed leteck\u00e9…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[88,1493,27,1494,319],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archaeology","tag-archaeology","tag-wwii","tag-history","tag-aviation","tag-mystery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}