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    Kupiano Central Province Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Location
Lat 10° 4' 60S Long 148° 10' 60E  Kupiano is located on the southern coast of New Guinea bordering Kupiano Harbor. To the west is Hood Point (Hula) and roughly 30 miles further to the east is Abau Island.

P-38H Lightning 42-66738
Pilot WcWhorter force landed July 13, 1944

B-25C Mitchell 41-12480
Pilot Rapp crashed September 4, 1942 into shallow water in Kupiano Harbor

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March 20, 2022

 

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