The Air Museum of Papua New Guinea (Closed)
Founder: William "Bill" Chapman
Waigani Drive behind Tubmans Paint near the South Pacific Car Club (SPCC)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

The Air Museum of Papua New Guinea was a private museum founded in the late 1960s by William G. Chapman who lived in Port Moresby. This museum collected World War II war relics in the vicinity. After PNG independence and when William "Bill" Chapman departed the country, the museum was closed and the collection was transfered to National Museum & Art Gallery (NMAG) / PNG War Museum as the basis of their war museum collection. One of the volunteers was Bruce Hoy who later became the first modern history curator for the National Museum & Art Gallery (NMAG) / PNG War Museum.

CA-1 Wirraway A20-13
Stored at Jackson Airport later donated to the PNG War Museum.

P-47D "Carter's Li'l Pill" 42-8066
Salvaged from a swamp 1967-69, exported to MoTA 1972

After it disbanded in the late 1970's, and PNG became an independent country with its own museum, much of their collection went to the new National Museum & Art Gallery (NMAG) / PNG Museum to the Modern History department.

References
Thanks to William G. Chapman and Bruce Hoy for additional information

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