Wreck found by oil search crew in 1973/4 PNG Highlands?
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:14 am
Hi all
In 1973-76 (IIRC), my father Noel Griffin (now deceased), was a Party Manager for an oil search company in the North Western area of PNG. Around 1974 one of the oil search crew found an aircraft wreck while hand cutting a seismic line through thick jungle.
I was only 11 at the time, so didn't pay too much attention to the aircraft type etc. However, my sister may have some photos storeed away and I am about to hunt through a couple of hundred slides to see if I can find any photos of this aircraft.
I would appreciate it very much if, going by my vague description, you may be able to shed some light on this wreck for me. I understand that 'somewhere in the North West of PNG in 1974' is vague, but hopefully it's a start. I believe the propellor (or one of the propellors) was taken back to the main camp and set up in the wet mess at the time. When they moved on, the propellor may have been left in the care of the local tribespeople.
Thank you for your time,
Brad Griffin
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In 1973-76 (IIRC), my father Noel Griffin (now deceased), was a Party Manager for an oil search company in the North Western area of PNG. Around 1974 one of the oil search crew found an aircraft wreck while hand cutting a seismic line through thick jungle.
I was only 11 at the time, so didn't pay too much attention to the aircraft type etc. However, my sister may have some photos storeed away and I am about to hunt through a couple of hundred slides to see if I can find any photos of this aircraft.
I would appreciate it very much if, going by my vague description, you may be able to shed some light on this wreck for me. I understand that 'somewhere in the North West of PNG in 1974' is vague, but hopefully it's a start. I believe the propellor (or one of the propellors) was taken back to the main camp and set up in the wet mess at the time. When they moved on, the propellor may have been left in the care of the local tribespeople.
Thank you for your time,
Brad Griffin
Before I go, isn't the 'net amazing? I have been an Internet user since 1998 and I am still surprised by the vast amounts of resources for information on nearly *everything*! I was thinking about the time it might take to find the information I am looking for without this 'instant' medium.