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by Daniel Leahy
Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:32 pm
Forum: Warbirds & Restorations
Topic: RAAF Spitfire A58-441 Listed for Sale
Replies: 1
Views: 6428

RAAF Spitfire A58-441 Listed for Sale

Hi All,

I'd just come across this website:
http://www.spitfires.talktalk.net/page26.html
Does anyone have any further information regarding where it might be heading?
by Daniel Leahy
Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:07 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Video of A-20 wreck off Port Moresby
Replies: 3
Views: 7540

Well, it must have been quite a long day ... lol ... Apologies for the delay. The A-20 covered in Lonely Planet's Diving & Snorkling - Papua New Guinea book is listed as 40-176 of the 3rd Bomb Group which crashed into Bootless Bay on March 5, 1943. Further information can be found on the PWD profile...
by Daniel Leahy
Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:54 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Ceremony to Mark Loss of M24 Japanese Midget Submarine
Replies: 2
Views: 6660

And another related article from the NEWS.COM.AU website: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22196040-29277,00.html?from=public_rss Japanese submariners remembered August 06, 2007 12:08pm THE brother of a Japanese sailor who died when his M24 midget submarine was lost off Sydney during World War I...
by Daniel Leahy
Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:52 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Claim HMAS Sydney wreck found
Replies: 14
Views: 18625

Claim HMAS Sydney wreck found

Hi All, I just found this on the NEWS.COM.AU website: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22226050-2,00.html Claim HMAS Sydney wreck found August 11, 2007 01:00am Article from: AAP THE 66-year search for the wreck of HMAS Sydney is believed to be over. The ship, in which 645 Australians died, is be...
by Daniel Leahy
Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:48 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Ceremony to Mark Loss of M24 Japanese Midget Submarine
Replies: 2
Views: 6660

Here are further details - including video - from the ABC website: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/06/1997563.htm Sydney memorial for Japanese submariners Posted Mon Aug 6, 2007 12:44pm AEST Updated Mon Aug 6, 2007 2:45pm AEST A ceremony has been held to honour the memory of Japanese subm...
by Daniel Leahy
Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:46 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Ceremony to Mark Loss of M24 Japanese Midget Submarine
Replies: 2
Views: 6660

Ceremony to Mark Loss of M24 Japanese Midget Submarine

Hi All, A bit late now, I know, but I received the following notice via E-Mail on Monday: CPA 233/07 Friday, 3 August 2007 CEREMONY TO MARK LOSS OF M24 JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE What: A ceremony for the relatives of the submariners who died when the World War Two Japanese Midget submarine, the M24, ...
by Daniel Leahy
Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:17 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: Japanese and Americans to Search Attu
Replies: 2
Views: 6851

Japanese and Americans to Search Attu

The following comes from the AII POW-MIA website: http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in160707usjapanjfa.html NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 884-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2007 Search Underway for WWII Japanese MIAs in Alaska The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (...
by Daniel Leahy
Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:15 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: A E Livingston Identified (USS Oklahoma)
Replies: 1
Views: 4696

Another release on this case via the AII POW-MIA website: http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter27/in200707wwiiid.html NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 906-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2007 Missing WWII Sailor is Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Offic...
by Daniel Leahy
Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:52 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: JPAC Deploys to Iwo Jima
Replies: 1
Views: 4634

News from the JPAC website: http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/ JPAC investigation team returns from Iwo Jima by Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Chlosta July 6, 2007 An investigative team deployed from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) surveys caves during June in Iwo Jima. HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, HAWAII—An...
by Daniel Leahy
Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:03 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: IWO JIMA KIA
Replies: 2
Views: 5411

I too have been looking for such a list, but have been unable to find one anywhere on the Internet. I believe Ted Darcy may have been working on such a list.
by Daniel Leahy
Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:00 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: Ens Harry Warnke, USN - Burial
Replies: 1
Views: 4877

Ens Harry Warnke, USN - Burial

Hi All, I received this article from Ted Darcy this morning: Remains of WWII pilot coming home July 19, 2007 By Christin Nance Lazerus Post-Tribune staff writer WESTVILLE -- Harry Warnke's remains are coming home 63 years after he crashed into a mountain on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The Gary nati...
by Daniel Leahy
Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:56 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: 2/Lt John H Carroll, Jr (42nd BG)
Replies: 5
Views: 9561

Sorry, I should have listed the crew members before, but yes, they have been confirmed as PF had listed: 2/Lt John H, Jr Carroll, O-765225 2/Lt William H Gill, O-759587 S/Sgt Edward S Gerstenzang, USAAF 12082898 S/Sgt Alva F Gumlaw, USAAF 32373733 I've set up a page on the Project PRIAM database for...
by Daniel Leahy
Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:07 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: IJN or IJA Aircraft attacks/losses confimed?
Replies: 2
Views: 5464

PF, I regards to your Missouri claim... On the AWM collections database there is a famous photo of a Zero just before impacting the hull of a ship. The photo's caption lists the following: ID Number: 306769 Physical description: Black & white Summary: Okinawa, Japan. c. 1945-04. A kamikaze (suicide)...
by Daniel Leahy
Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:34 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: B-244J-50 42-73474 Crew List ?
Replies: 5
Views: 10210

Thanks for that, Justin has now been able to update the PWD profile for this aircraft:
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b ... 73474.html
by Daniel Leahy
Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:31 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: Wereth 11 - 333rd FAB Massacre
Replies: 2
Views: 7882

Hi there, As this board is dedicated to the Pacific theatre, I don't know how much help we can be. Based on the ABMC, the following members of the Wereth 11 are buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium: Pvt Nathaniel Moss, 38040062 PFC Due W Turner, 38383369 TEC4 James A Stewart, 3574...