The engine of an aircraft that dates back to World War II was found underwater off the coast of New Jersey earlier this month while a former National Guardsman was out fishing for squid.

The discovery was made by fisherman Randy Camp and his captain, Jake Wiscott, while they were out fishing and felt something unusually heavy in their net.

When they got the machine out of the ocean, Camp knew pretty quickly that he had come across a neat artifact, the Press of Atlantic City reported. Read more about this story from The Press of AC Here> Cape May fisherman retrieves WWII-era aircraft engine from ocean | Local News | pressofatlanticcity.com

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