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    Lea Lea (Lealea) Central Province Papua New Guinea (PNG)
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Ray Fairfield 1965


Bruce Hoy 1978

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Daniel Leahy 2009
Location
Lat 9° 16' 60S Long 146° 58' 60E  Lea Lea village is located near a seasonal swamp area to the northwest of Port Moresby at the mouth of the Lae Lea River. Also known as "Lealea". Today located in Central Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

B-25C Mitchell Serial Number 41-12501
Largely scrapped between 1990s and 2005, only engines remains

P-38F Lightning Serial Number 42-12647 Nose 34
Force landed 1944, salvaged 1978 displayed PNG Museum

P-39Q Airacobra
Details unknown. Wreckage remained until the 1960s

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October 23, 2019

 

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