The P38 Lightning

  • Diving site
  • Wreck
, 83270 Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
Please note that the nearest station is more than
Discover a World War II wreck very well preserved!
WRECK STORY…
Resting upside down 38 m deep, this beautiful World War II plane was shot down by the Germans in 1944 (27th January). In Novembre 1996, fifty-two years later, Marcel Camilleri, the director of the scuba-diving club "Lecques Aquanaut Center", found the wreck. He has been looking for it for ten years. During a dive on a sandy bottom 40 m deep, he noticed a very large group of fish. Approaching the wreck, he discovered the outline of a plane and recognized the characteristic...

Location

The P38 Lightning
, 83270 Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
Please note that the nearest station is more than

Spoken languages

  • French

Access

  • Depth: 40 m
Updated on 23 October 2024 at 16:40
by Office de tourisme de Saint Cyr sur Mer
(Offer identifier : 4695999)
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