À la recherche du Mosquito – Conférence hors les murs

In November 2024, an underwater archaeological operation conducted in the Étang des Aulnes (a departmental property in the municipality of Saint-Martin-de-Crau) led to the discovery of the wreckage of an Allied Mosquito shot down on May 13, 1944. Having departed from San Severo (Italy) on a photographic reconnaissance mission, the aircraft was intercepted by two German Messerschmitts.
This lecture presents the findings of this historical and archaeological investigation.
By Alain Genot and David Djaoui, archaeologists at the Arles Antique Departmental Museum