American Airmen S

Lost In 1942

Remains Recovered

r[E remains of six Amerii' airmen, who died when tic plane crashed into a mountj peak in Papua’s Owen Stan ranges in 1942, have been sent!

America. Last month a RA plane brought to Brisbane ft] Papua six small, polished-w/ caskets, which held the airmen’s? mains.

Wing-Commander Keith Rum of Amberley air base, near Brisbu was in charge of the party wl went to Papua-N. Guinea to fino American B-25 Mitchell bomr posted missing in 1942.

Natives had reported the wreck to District Officer D. Andersonr Tapini, which is about an ho flight into the interior from I Moresby.

Wing-Commander Rundle, expert at finding jungle wre flew to Tapini’s hilltop airs? amid high peaks. Cadet Pat

Officer Colin Prior, of Tas guided him on the four-days to the crashed plane. As earn they took a line of 30 nx prisoners and recruited labomu In the aircraft, with the rerm of the dead men, they found t wrist-watches and several cigae lighters, which also were sem America. The wreckage wax smashed and jungle-grown the took Rundle two hours to dis*? that it was a B-25. It shr great holes where Japanese gm had torn into it.

Wing-Commander Rundle

ported that the party scaled se3 mountains —an altimeter shower height of one as 11,300 Most of the time they were shrer in cloud, and the temperature near freezing.

December 8, Mr. H. Napa and Miss M. plas were married at the Arorangi LMS sh, Rarotonga. In this group they are [?] with their attendants at the groom's where they had an Umukai; and, in evening, a ball and supper, with about guests. [?]m left to right: Miss T. Nicholas, Mr. apa, Pa Ariki, Mr. E. Cowan, the bride n and the bride, Mr. A. Napa, Miss G. nan, Mr. R. Jonassen, Miss T, Napa; and flowergirls, M. Peyroux and T. Browne.

Photo: Marie Powell.