Brought me to tears

Lightninglover · **Posted:** 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

andyman64 · **Posted:** 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!

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:50 pm

If only.....

Nathan · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:57 pm

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

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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 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:16 pm **Posts:** 48

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.

RAMC181 · **Posted:** 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

Nathan · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:30 pm

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

CrewDawg · **Posted:** 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:

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:56 pm

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

S

ZRX61 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:16 am **Posts:** 2309

4 or 5 P47's?

Nathan · **Posted:** 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.

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 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:09 am

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

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:37 am

thank god you circled them. i couldnt find some

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** 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?

Mgawa · **Posted:** 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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