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| Bulolo Gold Dredging Company Guinea Airways |
Aircraft History Built by Junkers during 1929 as G 31go Trimotor Werknummer J3012. This aircraft was one of four G 31 Trimotors purchased by Bulolo Gold Dredging Company (BGD) operated by Guinea Airways powered by three Pratt & Whitney A2 Hornet radial engines and converted into a freighter with an open cockpit and a large hatch on the top of the fuselage to load and unload cargo. During October 1930 registered in Australia as VH-UOU. Nicknamed "Bulolo 2 Peter". The four trimotors were based at Lae Airfield and used to transport dredge parts, equipment and supplies to Wau Airfield and Bulolo Airfield to support the company's gold mining operations. Wartime History On January 21, 1942 parked at Bulolo Airfield near the loading crane at the side of the runway when strafed by five A6M2 Zeros from ShÅkaku that burned the center section and destroyed this aircraft leaving the outer wings and tail section. Also lost were G 31 "Bulolo I Paul" VH-UOU and G 31 "Pat" VH-URQ. Wreckage The burned out wreckage of this Trimotor remained at Bulolo Airfield. On August 28, 1942 the burned out wreckage was photographed. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. References Junkers Production Details via Wayback Machine March 5, 2016 The Battle For Wau (2008) page 2 Thanks to Bruce Hoy for additional information Contribute
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