These photos taken in 1972 by John Sluce but it still looks the same when I last saw it in Darwin in 1986. Wreckage was recovered and is at the Darwin Museum.
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| Bits of a Zero that went in at high
speed, disintegrating at Point Blaze about 60 miles SW of Darwin.
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The Sakae 12 radial engine of the Point Blaze Zero. Somebody had sawn off the blade tips, probably the army during the war, these were popular souvenirs. |
Another view of the engine, one of the propellers is bent to the right from the crash. |
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| Zero wreckage at the point of impact. Scattered pieces of the fuselage, wings and engine are located nearby. |
A view of the Zero undercarrage
and wing remnants. No corrosion and excellent paint on surviving
pieces.
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Wing section and remains of one of the barrels of the 20mm cannon. |
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