Mart 1945’in kader gecesinde, gen\u00e7 te\u011fmen David L. Mandt, Maryland’deki Patuxent River Deniz Hava \u0130stasyonu’ndan kader dolu bir g\u00f6reve ba\u015flad\u0131. Bir XF8F-1 Bearcat avc\u0131 u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n\u0131 kullanan Mandt, Chesapeake K\u00f6rfezi \u00fczerinde bir at\u0131\u015f testi g\u00f6revi i\u00e7in havaland\u0131. Ancak saat 15:45’te Mandt ortadan kaybolmu\u015ftu. B\u00f6lgeye g\u00f6nderilen arama ekipleri, \u00fczerinde Mandt’\u0131n ad\u0131 yaz\u0131l\u0131 bir koltuk minderi de dahil olmak \u00fczere bir petrol s\u0131z\u0131nt\u0131s\u0131 ve enkaz ke\u015ffetti.<\/p>\n\n
Onlarca y\u0131l sonra, Deniz Tarihi Enstit\u00fcs\u00fc’nden (IMH) ve Deniz Tarihi ve Miras Komutanl\u0131\u011f\u0131’ndan (NHHC) arkeologlar, sonar ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131 kullanarak bir soru\u015fturma ba\u015flatt\u0131lar. 2010 y\u0131l\u0131nda arkeolog Dan Lynberg k\u00f6rfez taban\u0131na indi ve u\u00e7ak gibi g\u00f6r\u00fcnen bir nesneyi inceledi. Enkaz, molozlarla kapl\u0131 olmas\u0131na ra\u011fmen, Lynberg kanat yap\u0131s\u0131na dayanarak onu askeri bir sava\u015f u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131 veya akrobasi u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131 olarak tan\u0131mlad\u0131. Ancak kokpit tortulla doluydu ve foto\u011fraflar geli\u015ftirilemedi.<\/p>\n\n
IMH ve NHHC arkeologlar\u0131n\u0131n sonraki ziyaretleri, ek ipu\u00e7lar\u0131 ortaya \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131. Hava giri\u015flerinin \u015fekli, bir silah kameras\u0131 lensinin konumu ve kanat a\u00e7\u0131kl\u0131\u011f\u0131, bat\u0131k u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n Mandt’\u0131n Bearcat’i oldu\u011funu g\u00f6steriyordu. Ancak kesin kan\u0131t hala eksikti. Enkaz\u0131n kimli\u011fini do\u011frulamak i\u00e7in dalg\u0131\u00e7lar\u0131n kokpiti kazmas\u0131 ve u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n sicil numaras\u0131n\u0131 ta\u015f\u0131yan metal bir veri plakas\u0131 bulmas\u0131 gerekiyordu.<\/p>\n\n
David L. Mandt, II. D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131 s\u0131ras\u0131nda dokuz u\u00e7ak gemisi tabanl\u0131 operasyona kat\u0131lan, ni\u015fanl\u0131 bir pilottu. Yeni \u0130rlanda \u00fczerinde iki Japon u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n\u0131 d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcrd\u00fc ve hizmeti nedeniyle \u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcnden sonra Hava Madalyas\u0131 ald\u0131. Trajik kaybolu\u015fu, gelecek vaat eden bir kariyeri yar\u0131da kesti ve ailesi ile arkada\u015flar\u0131n\u0131n hayat\u0131nda bir bo\u015fluk b\u0131rakt\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
G\u00f6rg\u00fc tan\u0131\u011f\u0131 ve fiziksel delillerin olmamas\u0131 nedeniyle ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar Mandt’\u0131n kazas\u0131n\u0131n nedenini belirlemekte zorland\u0131lar. Bununla birlikte, petrol s\u0131z\u0131nt\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n b\u00fcy\u00fckl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc ve ayr\u0131lm\u0131\u015f bir motor par\u00e7as\u0131n\u0131n ke\u015ffi \u015fiddetli bir \u00e7arp\u0131\u015fmay\u0131 d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fcrd\u00fc. NHHC arkeolo\u011fu George Schwarz, enkaz\u0131n tan\u0131mlanmas\u0131 i\u00e7in de\u011ferli \u00f6zellikler sa\u011flayan al\u0131\u015f\u0131lmad\u0131k b\u00fct\u00fcnl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcne dikkat \u00e7ekti.<\/p>\n\n
Donanma, kokpit veri plakas\u0131n\u0131 aramak i\u00e7in ilkbaharda b\u00f6lgeye d\u00f6nmeyi planl\u0131yor. Ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 olursa, enkaz\u0131n Mandt’\u0131n Bearcat’i oldu\u011fu kesin olarak do\u011frulanacakt\u0131r. Uzun zamand\u0131r beklenen bu ke\u015fif, onlarca y\u0131ll\u0131k bir denizcilik gizemini \u00e7\u00f6zmekle kalmayacak, ayn\u0131 zamanda Mandt’\u0131n kahramanca son g\u00f6revini \u00e7evreleyen ko\u015fullara da \u0131\u015f\u0131k tutacakt\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n
Mandt’\u0131n u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n\u0131n bulunmas\u0131, askeri \u00e7at\u0131\u015fmalardan tarihi eserleri koruman\u0131n \u00f6nemini kan\u0131tlamaktad\u0131r. Bu kal\u0131nt\u0131lar, \u00fclkelerine hizmet edenlerin yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 fedakarl\u0131klar\u0131n somut hat\u0131rlat\u0131c\u0131lar\u0131 olarak hizmet eder ve ge\u00e7mi\u015f olaylar hakk\u0131nda de\u011ferli bilgiler sa\u011flar. Mandt’\u0131n son u\u00e7u\u015funun gizemini \u00e7\u00f6zerek, miras\u0131n\u0131 onurland\u0131r\u0131yor ve II. D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131’n\u0131n kolektif haf\u0131zas\u0131na katk\u0131da bulunuyoruz.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
II. D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131 Pilotunun Son U\u00e7u\u015fu: Chesapeake K\u00f6rfezi’ndeki Gizemi \u00c7\u00f6zmek Kaybolma Mart 1945’in kader gecesinde, gen\u00e7 te\u011fmen David L. Mandt, Maryland’deki Patuxent River Deniz Hava \u0130stasyonu’ndan kader dolu bir g\u00f6reve…<\/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":[88,319,1494,1493,27],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archaeology","tag-archaeology","tag-mystery","tag-aviation","tag-wwii","tag-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}