Underwater operation to identify a pilot who fell in 1944 At 18 meters deep, off the coast of Corsica, divers of the French Navy, supervised by a team of American archaeologists, seek the remains of a pilot of a P-47 crash in 1944. For the US Army, " it's a matter of honor (...), you never let anyone down on the battlefield, it's a promise you make, even today, 75 years later." IMAGES