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Sawar Drome 1944 Dutch New Guinea (now Irian Jaya)

Photos by Major Martin M. Friedman commander company I 31st

(Posted on behalf of Tom Friedman)

-1° 56' 0" ,138° 48' 0

Note that the lattitude is incorrect on pacific wrecks (showing +1° 56' 0" ,138° 48' 0)

Looks like it's a plantation now (Google Earth) if my co-ordinates are correct

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia

many thanks for posting the pics tony. note the pic with the aircraft on fire next to the pby on the ramp... looks like a toasting betty bomber. btw, that shot was taken on morotai island, the rest sawar drome new guinea. dad earned the bronze star their after an ambush & cleared the entire rifle company out of their 1 man at a time. i have a piece of japanese aircraft skin that dad pitched as as junk in the garbage, but my oldest brother luckily found & retrieved it.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Tom , check it out on google earth , it's all trees now

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Aussie expat lost in Indonesia