Location
Active volcano located along the center northwest-southeast axis of Bougainville. Some wartime sources spell it as "Bagano". One of three major volcanoes including: Mount Balbi, Mount Takuan and Mount Bagana. Clearly visible as a dominating feature of the coastline from Empress Augusta Bay and Torokina.

Wartime History
AOM2c John B. Kepchia, VT-305 recalls:
"There was the wreckage of a B-25 Mitchell on Mount Baga on Bougainville, One wing was halfway in a lake, roughly halfway up on the side of mountain.

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Last Updated
May 5, 2013