Mark Wilson

Mark has visited numerous wrecks and historical sites in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Thailand.

While serving with the Australian Army, he visited the wreck of B-25 41-12455 as part of Exercise Relic Search in 1994 and walked the Kokoda Track in 1995. He returned to Papua New Guinea in 2006 with Pacific Wrecks contributor, Daniel Leahy, and has also visited Vietnam and Thailand since then.

Mark now lives in the Northern Territory town of Nhulunbuy, near the former World War II airfield of Gove Airfield (Nhulunbuy).

Wrecks Visited by Wilson
Mark has visited the following aircraft wrecks.

B-25C Mitchell Serial Number 41-12455
Pilot Keeter crashed April 21, 1942. Visited in 1994 as part of the ADF's 'Exercise Relic Search'

Unknown Aircraft Wreck at Gona
Visited in 2006

P-38H-5-LO "Japanese Sandman II" Serial Number 42-66905
Pilot Dawson crashed December 4, 1943. Visited in 2006

CA-12 Boomerang Serial Number A46-173
Pilot Ayre crashed May 22, 1944. Visited in 2012