Wartime History
Crashed on Angap Island near Arawe during the Japanese air raids between December 17-27, 1943 against the US Army beachead and landing ships.

Wreckage
Scattered wreckage only.

Mark Reichman adds:
"It had been stripped of everything, wings, fuselage were totally gone leaving only the engine and struts. There were also 3 small oxygen tanks there the locals probably thought were bombs so didn't bother with. To our utter surprise, there was a machine gun laying there 30 feet from the engine. Of the 7 Vals we've now seen, this is the first one that had a gun still in the area. We still have 2 more rumors to check out in the Arawes and possibly come December I'll get back out there." 

References
Thanks to Mark Reichman for additional information

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