|
 |
|
|
| Missing In Action (MIA) | Prisoners Of War (POW) | Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) |
| Chronology | Locations | Aircraft | Ships | Submit Info | How You Can Help | Donate |
|
| IJN Mikuma Sanyo Maru |
Aircraft History Built by Mitsubishi during December 1942. True serial number 256. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 0 Observation Seaplane / F1M2 Pete manufacture number 2256. Wartime History Assigned to Mikuma with tail code L-215. Next, assigned to seaplane tender Sanyo Maru with tail code P-16. During August 1942 operated from Shortland Harbor Seaplane Base. Abandoned with the engine removed in a slipway area at Nila on Poporang Island. Wreckage This aircraft has the engine and wings removed. The fuselage stencil manufacture number stencil was neatly cut away. Justin Taylan adds: "This aircraft had a portion of the upper wing section still in place in 1975. Today, it has been removed. This aircraft also has some writing on the side of the cockpit and traces of what appear to be several layers of tail numbers painted on the right side of the tail, including the "2" from its heavy cruiser markings. The left side of the tail appears to have kanji on it but it illegible. Its manufacture number stencil was neatly cut away from the left side of the fuselage, missing." References F1M Register of Serial Numbers by James Long, page 3 (note 11) Pacific Aircraft Wrecks (1979) page 52 (upper) note, the book incorrectly lists the serial number as '2265' and tail code 'PO-16', this was a typographical error, in fact it is '2256' and tail 'P-16' After The Battle by William Bartsch shows photos of this wreck in 1973 Contribute
Information Last Updated
|
 Pete  Map 2005  Photo Archives |
| Discussion Forum | Daily Updates | Reviews | Museums | Interviews & Oral Histories |
|
