Crashed Bomber Found
Soldiers from the PNG Command Survey section found this crashed bomber about
five miles inland from the sea in the Musa River area of the Northern District.
The aircraft is either an A-20 Havoc
from the RAAF or a Boston from USAAF. Director of the Territory Air
Museum, Mr. W. Chapman, said yesterday.
The aircraft was photographed by Sergeant
P. J. Davis and Sergeant J. W. West from a Platus Porter. The men found
a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress bomber only four miles from this aircraft.
The bombers
would probably never be recovered, Mr. Chapman said. "They were too heavy and in an area
difficult to get to", he said. A Department of Civil Aviation
spokesman said the department had not had a record of the wrecks until
told of them by the Army this week.
Credit: Post
Courier Date: December 18, 1970
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