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

[John Kidd]

Hi,

Here are some photos with captions of P-39s from 
the Australian war memorial. May explain P-39 distribution
regarding Australian air force.
https://www.awm.gov.au/search/all/?query=p-39&op=Search&format=list&rows=20&search-check-all=1&section%5B0%5D=collections&filter%5Btype%5D=Photograph

I have seen photos of P-39s being uncrated for 
assembly in Australia, possibly Townsville but cannot locate them.

Cheersr
John Kidd in Australia

At 09:58 07/05/17, you wrote:
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>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