Discovered Wreck.
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Discovered Wreck.
I have just completed a job uplifting a P38 in Papua New Guinea for future restoration. Whilst on the job we followed a lead on another P38 hidden in dense jungle, this lead turned out to be a B24 that as yet is undocumented. The serial number as read from the fin is 240348.
I am after any info or history on this aircraft.
Further to the discovery was the recolection of the village elder that at least 9 bodies were pulled from the wreck shortly after the crash only to be left on the track beside the aircraft for fear of the approaching Japanese.
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
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I am after any info or history on this aircraft.
Further to the discovery was the recolection of the village elder that at least 9 bodies were pulled from the wreck shortly after the crash only to be left on the track beside the aircraft for fear of the approaching Japanese.
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
Cheers
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This is a site dedicated to the B24 and those machines operating in SEAC. There is much to suggest that a few inquiries might come up with something.
http://www.acseac.co.uk/The_B24/the_b24.htm
http://www.acseac.co.uk/The_B24/the_b24.htm
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Consolidated B-24D-53-CO Liberator
42-40348 "Twin Niftys" (90th BG) lost Aug 17, 1943
Photocopyright 90th Bomb Group.org
Have you let CILHI know yet?
http://www.cilhi.army.mil/
....any piccies of the recovery , and which P-38 was it?
Regards
Tony
42-40348 "Twin Niftys" (90th BG) lost Aug 17, 1943
Photocopyright 90th Bomb Group.org
Have you let CILHI know yet?
http://www.cilhi.army.mil/
....any piccies of the recovery , and which P-38 was it?
Regards
Tony
Where in PNG did you locate the P38 and was it undocumented?
I recall a number of P38's in PNG, the best known one being in Waigani Swamp (and almost complete in the early '60's, but I think that wreck is now in the air museum in Port Morbid.
I recall a number of P38's in PNG, the best known one being in Waigani Swamp (and almost complete in the early '60's, but I think that wreck is now in the air museum in Port Morbid.