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Talasea - Aircraft Wrecks
Three wrecked aircraft from WWII
reside on the old pre-war
emergency airstrip at Talasea, New Britain PNG.
B25 - Mitchell Bomber (US
Fifth Airforce)
Lockheed Orion Bomber (RNZAirForce)
Zeke/Zero (carrier based - unknown details, IJN)
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Photographs all taken at Talasea (Sept 5, 1994) |
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The US B25 crew escaped to US forces who at the time of their forced landing were occupying the Talasea area. |
| B25 - Mitchell Bomber (USAF) | |
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Lockheed Orion Bomber (RNZAF) |
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The fate of the New Zealand crew is unknown, presumed executed by the Japanese who occupied the Talasea area at the time of the forced landing. The US & NZ aircraft both made forced landings on Talasea Government Station pre-War emergency landing ground after sustaining engine damage during bombing raids over Rabaul. |
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