FWIW - just perhaps they might help
https://projectrecover.org/about/
Established in 2012 with sponsorship from private and public entities, and formalized in 2016, Project Recover is a partnership among researchers at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, and the BentProp Project.
https://projectrecover.org/blog/2018...ua-new-guinea/
Missing World War II B-24 Bomber Discovered By Project Recover In Hansa Bay Off Papua New Guinea