Presentation: Lost Flights, by diver/explorer Joe Fiorentino

Public Presentation: Lost Flights, by diver and explorer Joe Fiorentino

In the summer of 2011, the captains and crew of the dive boat MAC inadvertently ran across a wreck in 100 feet (30.5 meters) of water while returning from two decompression dives. Not having enough air or time to do another dive that day, they revisited the site a year later and found a World War II aircraft. Their plan was to return with cameras, but they never did. In 2023, dive boat Constellation Capt. Harry Roecker and his crew returned to investigate the aircraft. After three trips to the wreck site, the aircraft was identified.

Having served as part of that crew and thoroughly researched the history of the World War II training flights in New Jersey, Joe Fiorentino will highlight the first dives in 70 years to this site and the progress of their investigation to identify this lost World War II aircraft.

Joe Fiorentino

Joe Fiorentino is a shipwreck explorer, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, and retired business owner. He is a member of The Explorers Club and the New Jersey Historical Divers Association, and is the vice chairman of the New Jersey Council of Divers and Clubs. Joe has spent decades researching and exploring shipwrecks and has worked as the lead diver and safety officer on numerous shipwreck survey and excavation projects in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the East Coast of the United States.

Navesink Maritime Heritage Association

Navesink Maritime Heritage Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging Eastern Monmouth County with maritime and water related historical, skill building, environmental, and recreational activities, and encouraging responsible use of the Navesink estuary through its Discover, Engage, and Sustain approach.

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