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| IJN ? Kokutai |
Aircraft History Built by Mitsubishi. True serial number unknown (three digits). Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 0 Observation Seaplane / F1M2 Pete manufacture number unknown (four digits). Wartime History Assigned to an unknown Kōkūtai (Air Group), likely 958 Kōkūtai (958 Air Group) and operated from Kavieng Harbor Seaplane Base off Kavieng on New Ireland. This Pete was likely sunk while moored, likely due to damage sustained from U.S. aircraft attacking at low level. Wreckage This Pete is badly broken and rest on a flat sandy bottom roughly 30m from the shoreline. Due to the proximity to shore, water visibility is generally poor at this location. Nicknamed "Broken Pete" for the broken condition depth. Donald Fetterly adds: "Thirty meters away from the base lies a Pete however this is badly smashed about. Both these planes are just off the wartime float plane base at Kavieng. References Thanks to Donald Fetterly for additional information Contribute
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