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Missing P-38s

Posted by Dave on Fri Mar 22, 2002 05:23:53 PM

This from the Pacific Wreck Data Base

Two P-38's Exported From Finchafen
Earlier this month, a Melbourne businessman reportedly exported two P-38's
"dug up" at Finschafen. Various reports about the identity and validity of
this export have been brought to our attention. We ask anyone with the
serial numbers of these two aircraft step forward and submit this
information so the true history of these wrecks can be learned. Neither the
California restoration company, or the alleged US buyers have responded to
request for more information. If this indeed was a legal export, we
challenge someone to step forward with the real serial numbers of these dug
up P-38's so that the truth behind them can be learned.


A Missing P-38 from Western Province, PNG
By a strange coincidence, ANOTHER P-38 is missing from PNG. This intact was
located at a place called Arufi in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.
This case is still under investigation for theft by authorities in New
Guinea. With the dollar "value" of WWII aircraft know by many, wrecks in 3rd
world countries have become the targets of recovery. These relics are
property of the government where they reside and when removed, the world
looses access to their history, and the country looses a piece of its
historical legacy. Look for more information on this unfolding story, and
complete history on this aircraft in future updates.


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