Mission History
Crashed west side of But Airfield. Its landing gear and flaps are partially down, and bullet hole damage visible on the prop. On impact, both engines ripped off their mounts and landed ahead of the main wreckage.  The aircraft flipped over on its back, breaking the tail and ripping the cockpit off.

Wreckage
The wreckage had a well preserved green wave-mirror camouflage sprayed over pale gray upper surfaces. The yellow fin symbol of the 10th Dokuritsu Dai Chutai, an independent unit attached to Army HQ was present on the tail.

Justin Taylan visited the wreck in 2004:
"The engine is specatular, there are bullet holes thru it.  Also, 'R.O.W. Wewak' painted on it, and the main body of wreckage, by Roy Worchester.  Apparently, this wreck was marked by him for collection later, but it never happened. Reports were that locals wanted to sell the wreck for scrap, but luckily, it is still there and untouched.  The tail marking is somewhat faded, but still present to this day, as are traces of the snake-weave. There were no traces of the cockpit or nose."

References
Pacific Aircraft Wrecks page 44 (middle left)

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009