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    Tetepare Island (Tutipari, Tetipari) Western Province Solomon Islands
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Tetepare Island is part of the New Georgia Island Group (New Georgia Islands) in the central Solomon Islands. Also spelled Tutipari or Tetipari in some sources. Borders Blanche Channel and beyond New Georgia to the north and Rendova Island to the northwest and the Solomon Sea to the south. Also known as Tutipari Island. Prewar and during the Pacific War part of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP). Today located in Western Province in the Solomon Islands.

SBD-3 Dauntless Bureau Number 03258
Pilot Christen crashed or ditched December 16, 1942 around 11:00pm

P-39N Airacobra Serial Number 42-18258
Pilot Pace MIA July 14, 1943 in the vicinity of Tetepare

P-39N Airacobra Serial Number 42-18260
Pilot Wolterding MIA July 14, 1943 in the vicinity of Tetepare

G4M1 Model 11 Betty Manufacture Number 6107
Ditched January 14, 1944 south of Tetepare Island

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March 27, 2024

 

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