Pacific Wrecks Museum Curators & Academics
Interviews with museum curators and university academics.
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Bill
Chapman
Lived in Papua New Guinea from 1961 to 1981. He
was a founder of the Air Museum of Papua New Guinea, and was involved with
the recovery and export of many aircraft.
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Dennis
Dogget
RAAF Amberley Museum head of restorations, and worked on RAAF efforts to recover A-20
wrecks from New Guinea in the 1980s into the early 1990s including the restoration of A-20G "Hell'N Pelican II" 42-86786 and
ongoing work on PBV-1A Canso CV369. |
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Lawrence Foanaota
Solomon Islands National Museum director and curator from 1972 to present. His museum is located in downtown Honiara and includes WWII relics, guns and items collected from Guadalcanal area. |
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Cory Graff
Military Aviation Curator for Paul Allen / Flying Heritage Collection I get up close to some of the rarest airplanes in the world, hear stories from the pilots that flew the planes in World War II.
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Bruce Hoy
Curator of the Modern History Department (PNG War Museum) of the National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) between 1978–1988. Hoy presided over the most important ten year period related to World War II wrecks in Papua New Guinea (PNG). |
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Tom
McLeod
Museum
of the Pacific founder and curator. Also, he is
the author of the book "Always Ready" about the 147th
Infantry Regiment and traveler to the Pacific. |
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Gene Strine
Mid Atlantic
Air Museum Vice President, life long
aviation enthusiast, pilot and aircraft mechanic and WWII veteran. Recovery and restoration of P-61B "Midnight Queen" 42-39445. |
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Silvano Jung
Northern Territory University. Explores
aviation archeology in Darwin Harbor in the Northern Territory of Australia, including insights about wreck related research,
preservation, and legislation. |
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