🎙️ Cumberland Unfiltered Podcast – Season 1 (2025)

Episode 016 | The Forgotten Plane Wrecks Hidden Beneath Rhode Island Waters with Eric Wiberg

Episode Summary

Historian and author Eric Wiberg joins CU-POD to reveal the forgotten WWII plane crashes off Rhode Island — including a D-Day wreck that no one ever recovered.

Episode Notes

In Episode 016 of Cumberland Unfiltered, maritime historian and author Eric Wiberg unpacks the long-buried stories of WWII wreckage just off the coast of Rhode Island.

PV-1 Ventura crash on D-Day — 7 men lost, no recovery
1951 F-86 mid-air collision over Cumberland — bullets, wreckage, fire
• How Eric uses sonar, military logs, and archival photos to track the past
• The emotional weight of stories that were never closed

Eric has published 45+ books, worked with the national archives of multiple countries, and located more than 10 lost aircraft in recent years — all while preserving the legacy of those who never made it home.

🎙️ Guest: Eric Wiberg
📍 Taped at Cumberland Tavern Studio | Cumberland, RI
🎧 CU-POD Flagship Episode 016

🔗 Guest Website:
https://ericwiberg.com

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