Location
Located to the east of Port Moresby. Named by the English explorer for its deceptively shallow depth. Locate to the east of Port Moresby. Other nearby bays in the Port Moresby area: Idlers Bay, Joyce Bay and Fairfax Harbor.

Units Based at Bootless Bay
US Army 32nd Infantry Divison, 126th Infantry Regiment (less company E) temporary bivouac at Bootless Inlet, before marching across the Kapa Kapa Trail.

P-40E Warhawk (Wing)
Remained on the beach until at least the late 1970s

A6M2 Zero
Piloted by Nagatomo crashed February 28. 1942. The first Zero shot down over Port Moresby

B-24D Serial Number 42-40670
Pilot Blount, ditched October 18, 1943

B-24D "Joltin' Janie" Serial Number 42-40065
Pilot Povlsen, ditched September 9, 1943

B-17F Serial Number 41-24550
Pilot Hocutt ditched December 14, 1942 into Bootless Bay

A-20A "Cindy" Serial Number 40-176
Pilot Richardson ditched March 5, 1943 into Bootless Bay, salvaged during the war

P-39F Serial Number 41-7122
Pilot Bland ditched May 17, 1942

P-70 Havoc Serial Number 39-790
Pilot Hornaday MIA May 7, 1943

P-40E Warhawk 41-5313
Pilot Wesley MIA November 2, 1942

Morris Hill (Zero Hill)
Known as 'Morris Hill' prior to the war. Located approximately two miles to the east of Jackson Drome, going towards Bootless Bay. Renamed 'Zero Hill' after a A6M2 Zero crash at this location, widely scattering the wreckage when it crashed.

John Douglas adds:
"I went there a few years ago. The valley floor from 7-Mile Drome to Bootless Bay was called "Pom Pom Alley" due to all the anti-aircraft guns."

A6M2 Zero
Piloted by Yoshii, March 23, 1942 crashed Morris Hill, location became known as 'Zero Hill'

Loloato Island
Rectangular island to the SW of Bootless Bay.