MysteryQuest Landing Gear and Bevington Photo

[Ric Gillespie]

I suspect if the plane is found, some people will say the plane ditched, wheels up, and floated there (and someone already has). But if found intact with the worm is it's landing position that could prove a wheels down landing.

Unless the Japanese brought it down from Jaluit and dumped it there.  Somebody will say that.  You can bet on it.