RAAF Dump Area
This area was a bone yard for the RAAF 12 Repair Salvage Unit (12 RSU). Many airframes were abandoned at this location in two dump areas.
The first group are in a row:
Beaufort Serial Number A9-689
Beaufort Serial Number A9-559 Tail QH-F
Beaufort Serial
Number A9-637 Tail KT-B
The second group in a rough circle:
Beaufort Serial Number A9-414 Tail UV-Q
Beaufort Serial
Number A9-210 Tail QH-D
Beaufort Serial Number A9-535
Other Wrecks at Tadji included:
Beaufort Mark VIII Serial Number A9-277
F5B Lightning 42-67383
Pilot Clark crashed April 30, 1944 collided with a P-40N A29-405 and crashed into a swamp
B-17F "The Horse" Serial
Number 41-24548
Crashed at Tadji, stripped for parts wings only remain
C-47 Dakoda
Stripped for parts, Pieces only
Beaufort
Stripped for parts, fuselage only
Anson
Steel tube frames rusting into the ground, thanks to Charles Darby for this information
UC-43
Steel tube frames rusting into the ground, thanks to Charles Darby for this information
Mid-Air Collision
Collision 'over Tadji strip'.
P-40N Warhawk Serial A29-1210 | A29-1462
Pilot Madigan midair collision with P-40N Kittyhawk A29-527 crashed November 15 1945
P-40N Warhawk Serial A29-527
Pilot Madigan midair collision with P-40N Kittyhawk A29-1210 | A29-1462 crashed November 15 1945
Aircraft salvaged from Tadji Airfield
Since the war, a number of aircraft wrecks have been salvaged or removed from Tadji Airfield.
P-39N "San Antonio Rose" Serial Number 42-19039
Salvaged 1967, transported to Goroka and displayed. During the 1980s n displayed at the J. K. McCarthy Museum
B-25C "Feather Merchant" Serial Number 41-12442
Salvaged 1974, transported to Aitape High
School as a memorial
P-40N Warhawk Serial Number A29-448 | A29-1050
Pilot Giles force landed May 4, 1944. Salvaged 1974, restored by Pacific Aircraft Ltd. / Pioneer Aero Restorations to flying condition
P-40N "Little
Jeanne" Serial Number 42-105915
Salvaged
1974, restored to flying condition by Precision
Aerospace, today owned in France
P-40N Warhawk Serial Number A29-405 Tail HU-S
Damaged April 30, 1944 by F-5B Lightning 42-67383 collison while parked. Salvaged 1974, today owned by Graham Orphan in NZ
P-40N Warhawk Serial
Number 42-105951
Salvaged 1974, wings in storage in New Zeland and the fuselage in California
P-39N Airacobra Serial
Number 42-8740
Salvaged 1974, restored
to static display at Yanks Air Museum
P-39N Airacobra Serial Number 42-18814
Salvaged 1974, stored in California
P-39N "Little Sir Echo / Small Fry" Serial Number 42-19027
Salvaged
1974, restored to static condition and displayed at Planes
of Fame Musuem
P-39Q Airacobra Serial Number 42-19991
Salvaged 1974, stored in California
P-39Q "Brooklyn Bum 2nd" Serial Number 42-19993
Salvaged
1974, restored to static, re-restored
to flying condition during 2004, today owned by The Fighter Collection
P-39Q "Snooks 2nd" Serial Number 42-19995
Salvaged 1974, restored to stadic display, since 1980 displayed at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Serviceman's Park
P-39Q Airacobra Serial Number 42-20339
Salvaged 1974, whereabouts
today unknown
Beaufort Serial Number A9-557 Tail
Code QH-L
Salvaged 1974 from Tadji to Australia, restored to static at AWM
Beaufort Serial Number A9-13 Tail Code FX-B
Salvaged 1974
from Tadji to Australia, displayed at Army Flying
Museum
A-20G Havoc Serial
Number 43-21627
Salvaged 1974, under restoration at PIMA
