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- Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:41 pm
- Forum: Swamp Ghost - B-17E 41-2446
- Topic: Swamp Ghost Recovery - The Aftermath
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20516
And the same from today's POST COURIER: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20060710/news09.htm PAC puts ban on museum war relics The Public Accounts Committee has directed the National Museum not to recover, salvage, sell or export any war surplus material. This is one of 22 directives the committee gave...
- Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:01 pm
- Forum: Swamp Ghost - B-17E 41-2446
- Topic: Swamp Ghost Recovery - The Aftermath
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20516
Details from today's NATIONAL: http://www.thenational.com.pg/071006/nation4.htm PAC orders freeze on war relics By ISAAC NICHOLAS THERE would be no more salvage, removal, export or sale of any war relics or surplus material from Papua New Guinea until the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee comp...
- Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:57 am
- Forum: Wrecks & Losses
- Topic: Another Salvager Party In PNG
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3968
Another Salvager Party In PNG
Hi All, This comes from Friday's NATIONAL: http://www.thenational.com.pg/070706/nation11.htm Salvagers attempt to recover war relics from provinces By JULIA DAIA BORE ANOTHER Australian salvage team is in PNG attempting to recover war relics in East Sepik, Madang and East New Britain. The team is fr...
- Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:13 am
- Forum: Swamp Ghost - B-17E 41-2446
- Topic: Swamp Ghost Recovery - The Aftermath
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20516
This from today's POST COURIER: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20060705/news11.htm Swamp Ghost advice ignored THE National Museum and Art Gallery blatantly disobeyed advice by the Solicitor-General to sell any war relic without tender. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found no relevant laws giving...
- Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 pm
- Forum: Swamp Ghost - B-17E 41-2446
- Topic: Swamp Ghost Recovery - The Aftermath
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20516
Swamp Ghost Recovery - The Aftermath
Hi All, The B-17E 41-2446 (Swamp Ghost) recovery has again made PNG newspapers... This thread will be for PNG newspaper posts only - Hence being locked. This from today's NATIONAL: http://www.thenational.com.pg/070506/nation1.htm PAC nails museum By ISAAC NICHOLAS THE National Museum and Art Gallery...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:25 am
- Forum: Books, Video & Other Media
- Topic: Gauging interest in a complete Google Earth airfield tour...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17095
- Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:10 pm
- Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
- Topic: Women pilots is WW2 WASPS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6711
Here's a summary of the stats that I've found doing a quick Google search:
http://www.twu.edu/wasp/wasp_facts.htm
25,000 applied
1,830 accepted
1,074 graduated
38 died
http://www.twu.edu/wasp/wasp_facts.htm
25,000 applied
1,830 accepted
1,074 graduated
38 died
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:42 am
- Forum: Books, Video & Other Media
- Topic: Burma books
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11749
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:01 pm
- Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
- Topic: C-47A 42-24215
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5610
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:53 pm
- Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
- Topic: 1/Lt Francis S Love (P-38 42-12848)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4638
1/Lt Francis S Love (P-38 42-12848)
Hi All, In an effort to revamp the MIA and Recovery database, I've come across details for P-38 42-12848: http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-38/42-12848.html The ABMC website states that 1/Lt Love is still listed as "Missing in Action or Buried at Sea" on the "Tablets of the Missing at Manila A...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:16 pm
- Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
- Topic: C-46 Meiduobai Mountain, Tibet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8519
I've done a check on the ABMC website for the full crew details based on this article and they are as follows: Capt Douglas R Wight, O-793471 1/Lt Herbert W Evans, O-740778 Cpl John W Hanlon, 38269554 PFC Gerard L Rugers 39180415 (All are still listed as MIA. Also note the spelling of PFC Rugers' fi...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:55 pm
- Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
- Topic: Need Name Of Gunner (B-25 41-30370)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5951
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:47 pm
- Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
- Topic: Sgt Willard J Beatty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6490
In addition to this... 18 of the 19 US servicemen aboard this aircraft are still listed as missing. Of these, I have been able to confirm 17 via the ABMC website: Sgt Willard J Beatty, 6256686 PFC Nicholas D Bunardzya, 6999625 S/Sgt Howard C Cliff, 7021697 Sgt Samuel F Foster, 6252463 Pvt Joseph N G...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:30 pm
- Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
- Topic: Sgt Willard J Beatty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6490
Sgt Willard J Beatty, USAAF 6256686, is listed as on the ABMC website as having served with the 17th FS, 24th FG. This site lists Sgt Beatty as "Missing in Action or Buried at Sea" and remembered on "Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery". The details I have state he was aboard Kester's...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:22 am
- Forum: Veterans
- Topic: Charles "Chuck" Older (AVG)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6428
Charles "Chuck" Older (AVG)
Hi All, I came across this on the web tonight: http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060620/APN/606200578 LA Judge Charles Older, presided over Manson trial, dies at 88 The Associated Press Charles Herman Older, the Los Angeles Superior Court judge who presided over the murder trial...