[Milsurplus] Fwd: Those P-39s Still in the Crates...

[Hubert Miller]

The reason i questioned P-39s was because Wiki only identifies RAAF units on Goodenough Island as not using this aircraft.
The fact that some may have been dropped off there and not used – well, that’s a gotcha!  I don’t doubt that the Island,
and PNG in general, is rife with “stuff”, but the era of crated, let alone intact aircraft is well past.

As for radios marked with an aircraft serial number, that’s something i’ve not seen, and i kind of wonder what the point of
that would be. I understand a museum might do that, but the using military?

I recall seeing in a CQ Magazine, around 1959, this was one of the articles about, i think, the Yasme voyages of Danny Weil,
a photo from some island, can’t recall if Manus or Ocean Island, showing a Betty bomber still up on its wheels.
-Hue
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