Stan
GajdaAustralian Northern Territory WWII Wrecks
P-40E Piloted by Rice Impacted on hard ground at Yarrawonga
near Darwin. Shot down after takeoff on February 19, 1942
by Zeros attacking the airfield. Pilot was Rice who survived.
I found the complete rudder off this one about half a mile away
that was shot off during the attack.
P-40 Tail
Located in an impact crater in 1982.
Shot down Cox peninsular N.T.
A6M2 Zero Bits of a Zero that crashed at high
speed and disintegrated at Point Blaze about 60 miles SW of
Darwin. Wreckage was recovered and is at the Darwin Museum.
G4M Betty Tail T-361 Shot down at high altitude and exploded
over Cox Peninsula, Northern Territory. Wreckage goes for about
3km in a line from west to east. The heaviest parts (engines)
are at the eastern end of the wreckage trail.