USAAF
5th AF
Brian Bennett 2000
Mission History
Ditched on a reef to the south of Salamaua.
Wreckage
Wreckage on the the reef at Cape Room (Pakana Point) on the reef to the south-east of the point
Brian Bennett adds:
"I think that it was a non-operational loss and if all got out then it would not be written up."
Rod Pearce recalls:
"Richard Leahy has visited this wreck. I also recall there is the wreck of a P-47 on the beach with its wheels down (I think) slightly down the coast from this wreck."
References
Thanks to Brian Bennett and Rod Pearce for additional information.
C-47
