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Aircraft History Built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (LAC) in Burbank. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-38 Lightning model and serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped overseas to the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) and reassembled. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF) to an unknown group and squadron. No known markings or tail number. Mission History This P-38 crashed at Amron (Nobnob) to the north of Madang. Wreckage This P-38 crashed at an elevation of 125m on a jungle covered hillside at Amron (Nobnob). The crash site includes the propellers, engines, landing gear and machine guns. The rest of the plane is either buried in the ground or has been scrapped over the years. Justin Taylan visited the site in 1993: "In July 1993 I was first shown this wreckage at Amron (Nobnob). At that time, none of the local people or missionaries had any eyewitness knowledge of the crash. They only knew it crashed during the war." Keith Hopper adds: "The locals say the pilot bailed out, was captured and murdered in the Amron. The aircraft certainly impacteded hard. I am not aware of this aircraft ever being identified. I've always suspected that it might be P-38H 42-66904." On February 7, 2010 the crash site was visited by Jan Messersmith, Monty Armstrong, Greg, Jo, and Tag Tap. Reportedly, the community told them the pilot bailed out and landed safely and might have interacted with local people before he was captured by the Japanese. The group photograhed one of the Alison engines embedded in the ground and the turbo supercharger. References Madang – Ples Bilong Mi » p-38 lightning by Jan Messersmith February 13, 2010 "Early Sunday morning we headed for Nob Nob to visit the site of a downed P-28 [sic P-38] Lightning aircraft. " Thanks to Keith Hopper for additional information Contribute
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