The Balim Valley was known as 'Shangri-La' to crews in the 5th Air Force, a hidden valley deep in the mountains of central New Guinea, near the present day border between Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea inhabited by the Dani people, who were first discovered to the outside world in1938 by the Glen Archbold expidition.

C-47A "Gremlin Special" Serial Number 42-23952
Pilot Peterson, crashed in May 13, 1945