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Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk A29-19
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| Aircraft Profile |
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| Service |
Royal Australian Air Force |
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| Unit |
75 Squadron |
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| Date of Loss |
26/03/1942
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| Location
| Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Map
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| Further Details |
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Engaged on patrol over Port Moresby with F/O Wood in Kittyhawk A29-15. Engaged in combat with 3 enemy Zeros. F/O Wood reported having seen parachute descending, believed to be that of O'Connor; also observed fire on ground which he took to be Kittyhawk A29-19. The combat area was fixed by F/O Woods at about 4 miles west of Mt Lawes and 29 miles north of Port Moresby.
Ground searches carried out by two Army patrols with native guides were made:
(1) Commencing from Bomana Mission at 12-Mile (Pitt St) patrol cross Laloki River, headed to Mt Lawes and searched base of mountain, then the whole mountain keeping a look out for smoke signals and shouting. Undefined area 4 miles west of Mt Lawes was combed. Many natives living in jungle country north of the Laloki were questioned but none had any knowledge of an aircraft or a parachute descend.
(2) Second patrol combed area east of Mt Lawes for seven miles. A native rumour of a recent crash was investigated and a Japanese belly tank was discovered at the site of the supposed crash. Patrol questioned five parties of natives east of Mt Lawes.
In 1947 F/Lt Coape-Smith investigated two crashes near Haima, in swampy country inland from Port Moresby. One proved to be a Thunderbolt and the other was not a Kittyhawk but probably an Airacobra. No information of A29-19 was obtained.
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| References |
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RAAF Searcher Briefs.
Index of Crashed Aircraft in Territory of Papua and New Guinea and Dutch New Guinea. |
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