Amelia Earhart Project in PNG
Merlins Magic:
Yes I have a full colour copy of the map but I am not about to display it publicly. Suffice to say that marking on it indicating where the patrol went are straight lines and it doesn't work that way in that jungle in East New Britain.
They thought that they had reached a point further then they actually did get by the end of the second day. So for the first few ground searches we were in the wrong area. After twelve visits I know exactly how far you can get in a days' searching over the differing types of terrain, which is mostly steep stuff but there are some nearly level bits.
My belief now is that I have got the area down to a couple of square kilometres but I do believe it is buried. It has been 72 years.....
Regards,
Dave Billings