Kosipe

S 08 26.00 E 147 12.00 part of Goilala District. Village and small airstrip to the west of Mount Albert Edward.  This area is on the direct flight path from Lae and Port Moresby.

Kosipe Airfield
Postwar airfield

Mount Albert Edward
Extinct volcano in the center of the Owen Stanley Range.  There are two peaks, 'East Dome' and 'West Dome'.

G4M1 Betty Manufacture Number 1605 Tail Number 378
Shot down April 12, 1943 after attacking Port Morsby

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