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Location Morris Hill is located approximately two miles to the east of 7 Mile Drone (Jacksons Drome) near Port Moresby and Bootless Bay. Prewar, known as Morris Hill in the Territory of Papua. After March 23, 1942 renamed "Zero Hill". Today located in Central Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Wartime History On March 23, 1942 damaged A6M2 Zero piloted by Yoshi'i crashed onto Morris Hill killing the pilot. Afterwards, renamed "Zero Hill" because of the Zero crash. Bruce Hoy visited this area in the 1980s: "Marked on the wartime maps is 'Zero Hill'. A trustee of the museum and me went out and climbed all the hills from Jackson’s to Bootless on the eastern side, looking specifically for any traces of a Mitsubishi Zero [A6M2 Zero piloted by Yoshi'i] that had been brought down in this area in 1942 and which gave meaning to the name given to a particular hill. We found many weapon’s pits, barbed wire entanglement and I even picked up the breech and barrel from a Thompson sub-machine gun. But not a trace of any aircraft wreckage. Naturally I had my camera with me." John Douglas visited the area in the early 2000s: "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 Yoshi'i Piloted by Yoshi'i crashed March 23, 1942 atop Morris Hill, afterwards the location was renamed "Zero Hill". Contribute
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