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Old 16th Apr 2013, 19:53
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I have on record that if this were seen through your own eyes, then to the right is tentage without walls. At 3oclock , short distance is the abandoned hulk of another Dakota. The surface is bare earth with grass clusters. In the heat there is dust, in the rain there is mud - lots of it. I propose to show both standing water and dust knowing how quickly change happens in rainforest. Ditches, gun pits and guns are all feasible although I do not have proof. I have artistic license but would only use this within logical reason. I understand that the RAF Regt provided airfield defence and that attacks by Japanese troops were commonplace. The skies were dominated by allied forces but air strikes were completed. Most damage was done by incoming artillery, including the loss of 7 Dakotas in a single day.
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