Great stories Centaurus,
I transited Momote in 1961 on the old MAL DC3 'milk run' from Rabaul-Kavieng-Momote-Wewak-Madang-Lae.
I only remember a lot of WW2 'junk' lying about everywhere.
Your stories have awakened the author in many of us who were lucky enough to have been in PNG during the taim bipoa, when we were all able to see the battlefields, old strips and wrecks before they disappeared.
happy days,