| In
June I got photographs of several wrecks along the North Coast
of New Guinea, near Saidor.
They included two A-20s, previously known; a Ki-49 Helen that
had force landed in the kunai to the east of Saidor and was
burnt
out
in the centre section; and the remains of a Oscar to the west
of Saidor.
There are further stories of
wrecks not yet photographed in this area, and hopefully more
reports will be forthcoming
in the months ahead.
Near Wewak one of the offshore
island is Wallis
Island, and I have had previous reports of
3 wrecks
there. The camera I sent
didn’t
work so I am now sending a new camera (and photographer) hopefully
for much better results.
Work is picking up a little,
so I hope shortly to be able to afford a trip in the Owen Stanley
Ranges
near False Gap, adjacent to the
better known Kokoda Gap where I have reports of several wrecks.
Em Tasol
John Douglas
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John Douglas writes WWII wreck related
new briefs for Pacific Wreck Database from his home in Port Moresby.
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