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Aircraft History
A component dataplate from the tail hook reads 3669.
Mission History
Crashed in Arawe Harbor with its
crew. Most likely lost during the Japanese air raids between December 17-27, 1943 against
the US Army
beachead.
Wreckage
First discovered in 2001 on advice from locals by Mark Reichman and his two sons: Jared and Micah in 7m of murky water.
Rod Pearce adds:
"About 20 years ago, a local told me about this wreck. I searched for it for about 2 days and could not find it. A missionary person there, Mark Reichman who was a keen diver found it and we dove it."
References
After The Battle Number 133 "Aichi D3A 'Val' Recovery
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Last Updated
October 1, 2009
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