I thought there were 5 original survivors from the rear of the AC? But 4 survived the trek to find help? - In any case, they reported that most of those forward were severely injured by rifles and packs which each Cadet (as did I as a grunt on that plane coming into Lae for the last time, held between his thighs and on laps, being catapulted forwards on impact. The survivors recalled that the aircraft began burning, and could only help try ans save a few, but were so shocked that they only got 1 cadet out. This is as much as I can remember, as I have been affected by Asbestos during my time as a fireman in the RAAF (after leaving the PNGVR - CMF Army Reserves) which must have had asbestos fibres enter parts of my brain cortex. (Medical assumption they called diagnosis).
