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Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:21 pm

New Guinea “junked aircraft”
The picture appeared in “Horizon” magazine in January 1960
Caption reads: “Meanwhile civilization has left such marks on the islands as these junked war planes on New Guinea.”
I see A-20s, C-47s, B-25s, at least one P-47 and P-61, perhaps a Zero. Look at all the P-38s! I want to cry!


Ken

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Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:31 pm

holy smokes you must haveone hell of an eye to have spotted the p-61 it took me 5 min to find it and you can barely make it out!

Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:50 pm

If only.....

Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:57 pm

Was not around doing that time but I still feel like.... :Hangman: .

This is why I have always like the Paific war more then ETO. More variety of aircraft and markings, often forgotten anyway. I wonder what model of A-20's there are? H and G models? I see the P-61 center left on the picture next to a razerback P-47. A few C-47/R4D's as well. I see a few other P-47's and of course many P-38 and A-20 aircraft. I see two B-25C/D center right.

:x

Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:18 pm

All that was still there in 1960? :shock: What a shocking waste.

I'm still hopeful some more burial pits will be found in the pacific area.

Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:10 pm

Nathan wrote:I see the P-61 center left on the picture next to a razerback P-47.


Is that another P-61 straight down from that, with it's stbd wingtip resting on a C-47 engine nacelle?

PB

Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:30 pm

Yep I see two P-61's now! :mrgreen:

Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:50 pm

When is someone going to invent a time machine so we can go back and save these?! :shock: :lol: :axe: :drinkers:

Re: Brought me to tears

Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:56 pm

Y'all are making me post the Biak photo again.....
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Re: Brought me to tears

Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:34 pm

4 or 5 P47's?

Re: Brought me to tears

Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:41 pm

I circled in red whta I am pretty sure to be P-47's. The blue is P-61's. I count around 15-16 P-47's. I see one I missed. :? :wink:

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I find it amazing. All these aircraft came from a factory floor, fresh and new. And in many cases within a year or two this is where they could be found. :|

Re: Brought me to tears

Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:09 am

nathan you missed one possible p-47... bottom right in between 2 38's

Re: Brought me to tears

Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:37 am

thank god you circled them. i couldnt find some

Re: Brought me to tears

Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:40 am

Jerry O'Neill wrote:If only.....


when do you think we'll start seeing some photo's in the warbird mags from the Corsairs event?

Re: Brought me to tears

Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:38 pm

Maybe possible to find any of them here? I have received few days before images of Hellcats dumped in Australia just after the WW2.
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