Underwater graveyard of hundreds of World War Two planes revealed: Scuba diver captures stunning photos of aircraft lost and forgotten for over 70 YEARS on the Pacific Ocean seabed 

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A series of incredible photographs showing more than 150 lost World War Two aircraft 130-feet under the Pacific Ocean has been released.

The stunning images show the planes surrounded by coral and fish as they lie - sometimes vertically - on the seabed more than seven decades after they were dumped there.

The find includes historic American aircraft including Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, F4U Corsair and TBF/TBM Avengers.

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A series of incredible photographs showing more than 150 lost World War Two aircraft on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean has been released

Amazingly, many of the planes have remained intact, with only a few broken tails and wings littering the floor. 

Brandi Mueller, from Cameron, Wisconsin, captured the planes while scuba diving around five miles from Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands.

The 31-year-old was taking time off from her coastguard job to teach diving when she came across the incredible find.

She told MailOnline: 'They call it the "Airplane Graveyard" - they aren't war graves or planes that crashed. They were planes that were taken out over the reef and pushed off intact after the war ended.

'For me, diving on airplanes, especially World War Two airplanes is really unique. Diving on shipwrecks seems normal, you expect ships to have sunk. 

'But seeing planes underwater is strange, planes don't belong in the water, they belong in the sky, so it feel weird to dive on them. But amazing and special too. And because these planes didn't sink because of the war they are special. 

'They should have flown more, lived longer, but they were sunk in perfect condition.'

Her pictures also show other Allied aircraft including Helldivers, B-25 Mitchell, Curtiss C-46 Commando and F4F Wildcats.

The planes would have been dumped into the ocean off of aircraft carriers and transport ships after the successful Pacific Campaign ended in victory for the US in August 1945.

They would have arrived onto the Marshall Islands during the battle of Kwajalein that raged from January to February 1944 as the US Marines and Navy conducted their ambitious 'island hoping' strategy to defeat Japan.

Almost 50,000 members of the US armed forces took part in the battle to take the Marshall Islands from Japan and from there could strike at Guam and eventually the Japanese mainland itself.

The battle for the control of Midway was one of the defining battles in World War Two.

The Allies had been fighting the Empire of Japan, which had crippled the American Pacific fleet with its attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

While the American Navy mounted a comeback, the Japanese military conquered island after island in the South Pacific.

But as the war continued, the Japanese began to suffer huge reversals.

One by one the islands fell under Allied control, they helped form a staging point for a greater Allied offensive in the Pacific -- a key foothold in the region.

Eventually American forces were able to launch bombing raids against Japan and on August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay took off from the island of Tinian in the Pacific and dropped a nuclear bomb onto Hiroshima, effectively ending the war. 

Remote: The planes were discovered in the isolated Marshall Islands chain (red circled). The planes were dumped five miles off the coast of Roi-Namur

The find includes historic American aircraft including a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber, which has amazingly remained almost intact  

An incredible colour picture show a F4U Corsair, which landed on its propeller with its wings in the sand and has remained upright for years

One scuba diver using what appears to be a selfie stick takes a picture of a huge Curtiss C-46 Commando lying ominously on the seabed

A lionfish swims in front of the body of one of the planes while the cockpit of another is covered in coral as hundreds of small fish flit in and out of the wreckage

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was manufactured from 1940 to 1944. 

It is famous for delivering the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942 - one of the most decisive battles of World War Two.

The Dauntless was replaced by the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in the early 1940s.

The Helldiver was a larger and faster plane, although delays in production led British and Australian troops to cancel substantial orders. 

In flight: The Douglas SBD Dauntless (left) and the workhorse Curtis C-46 Commando (right) were integral to the US victory in the Pacific over their Japanese enemy

Brandi Mueller, from Cameron, Wisconsin, captured the planes while scuba diving around five miles from Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands

Power: An American squadron of F4U Corsairs (left) flies over the aircraft carrier USS Boxer while a B-25 (right) soars above the Pacific in 1942

A Corsair is pictured nosedown as two scuba divers take photographs and examine the wreckage, discovered seven decades after it was dumped at the site

One wreckage of a TBF/TBM Avenger is slowly being covered by sand, with only its tail and wing prominently sticking out 

Marshall Islands --- "Paradise" lost by the Japanese at Kwajalein (left) as a Japanese soldier surrenders to two US Marines during the Battle of the Marshall Islands that raged in January and February in 1944

Amazingly three planes that landed just metres apart have remained intact, with only a few broken tails and wings littering the floor

The nose and wing of one Avenger has fallen off although it is not known whether this happened before or after impact with the seabed

Hundreds of beautiful blue and yellow fish swim round the nose and wing of a B-25 Mitchell, a twin-engined medium bomber

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was manufactured from 1940 to 1944. It is famous for delivering the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942 - one of the most decisive battles of World War Two

It is clear that the planes have been left untouched for a long period of time due to the amount of coral growing on them

Some planes were not as lucky and were destroyed before the reached the seabed. Above, the tails of two aircraft lie next to the wing of another

The size and scale of one of the Dauntless aircraft is shown by a 'bird's-eye view' colour image, with a wingspan of just over 12 metres