Brought me to tears

[Lightninglover]

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

[andyman64]

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!

[Jerry O'Neill]

If only.....

[Nathan]

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

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.

[Sutts]

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

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

[RAMC181]

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

[Nathan]

Yep I see two P-61's now!

[CrewDawg]

When is someone going to invent a time machine so we can go back and save these?!

[Second Air Force]

Y'all are making me post the Biak photo again.....




S

[ZRX61]

4 or 5 P47's?

[Nathan]

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.



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.

[JBrawner]

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

[whistlingdeath77]

thank god you circled them. i couldnt find some

[whistlingdeath77]

If only.....

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

[Mgawa]

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