A crashed Japanese D3Y1 Val dive bomber at Alexishafen, August 1945 (thanks Buz).
A second crashed Japanese aircraft, probably a Ki-46-II Dinah at Alexishafen, August 1945. Can anyone add further details?
An RAAF Martin Mariner of 41 Squadron, Madang, New Guinea, 1945 (thanks Buz). Any more details would be very much appreciated.
A belly-landed U.S.A.A.F. A-20G named "Elaine" at Madang, August 1945. The number on the nose is 244244. There is a name - "Marie" - carried on the engine. Does anyone know the unit, pilot etc.?
A U.S.A.A.F. A-20G named "Rough Stuff!" with some nice nose-art at Nadzab, New Guinea, 1944. Jack did not take this photo, but traded it with someone. Below the cockpit is "U.S. ARMY A-20G-25-DO" [not entirely sure about 25] and "A.F. 43-...." [I can't make out the last four digits]. Alan Griffith of AMtech Models says the unit was probably the 3rd BG, because it used the A-20, and was the only unit with the A-20 based at Nadzab in 1944.
This is a crashed CA-13 Boomerang QE - B, at Nadzab in 1944. There were two crashes of CA-13s at Nadzab, one on take-off and one on landing, and this is obviously one of those aircraft (thanks again Buz).
Another view of CA-13 Boomerang QE - B at Nadzab, 1944.
Boomerang A46-199 QE - Y "Home James" of 4 Squadron, Nadzab, New Guinea, 1944. This aircraft was normally flown by F/Lt. Jack Archer. In front of the cockpit is a cartoon of a bucking horse with a jockey. The men in the photograph are, left to right: Mick Fields, Jerry Chambers, and Jack says they were the ground crew. (thanks again Buz)
My grandfather and two of his mates in New Guinea. Left to right: Jim, Ian, and Jack.
A U.S.A.A.F. F-5A-10-LO (photo-reconnaissance version of the P-38), Madang, June 1945, with the number 980 on the nose. Hans believes the serial might be 42-12980, and the tail number 212980 or 21980.
Another photo of Jack and some mates in New Guinea. Left to right: Jack, Ian, and Jim.
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