Redscar

Located to the north-west of Port Moresby.

Redscar Head & Redscar Bay
Located at the mouth of Vanapa River and Galley Reach

P-39D Airacobra Serial Number 41-6945
Pilot Carpenter, force landed on mud flat near Redscar

P-39F Airacobra Serial Number 41-7136
Pilot Rice, last seen over Redscar area, MIA

B-25H Mitchell Serial Number 43-4341
Pilot Dreger, crashed into the sea off Redscar Head for reasons unknown

P-47D Thunderbolt
Pilot unknown, crashed on the beach

 

Varivari Island
Island off Redscar

Caution Bay
Eight mile wide bay that stretches from Lagava Island to Boera Head forms Caution Bay.

P-39F Serial Number 41-7188
Pilot Hawkins, force landed May 8, 1942 on Varivari Island near Caution Bay

 

 

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