Location
Lat
2° 8' 60S Long 134° 43' 60E Rouw Island is located off western New Guinea. Prewar and during the Pacific War located in Dutch New Guinea (DNG) in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Between 1963–1973 part of West Irian (Irian Barat) and during 1973-2002 known as Irian Jaya. Today located in Teluk Wondama Regency (Wondama Bay Regency) in West Papua Province (Papua Barat, West Irian Jaya) in Indonesia.
Four P-38 Lightings Ditching Site
Four
P-38 Lightings ditched here. Three are resting on a row on sand reef flat maximum of 2-3 meters deep, and
one 12m on a coral slope. Max
Ammer dove them in 1994. Richard Leahy photographed these wrecks from
the air. A report from WWF incorrectly stated that these aircraft were
Japanese.
References
War In Pacific Skies page 130-131
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Last Updated
March 20, 2022
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