PACIFIC AIRCRAFT WRECKS... AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 978-0858800359 |
| ISBN-10 | 0 85880 035 7 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust jacket |
| Condition | Very good with normal time wear on dust jacket |
| Author(s) | Charles Darby |
| Publisher | Kookaburra Technical Publications Pty Ltd |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Published date | FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1979 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 22 x 29.3 x 1.2 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE |
Description
For years the large number of fairly intact aircraft which survived the war in remote former battle-grounds in the Pacific have been the subject of misleading stories and hearsay. Almost every effort to produce photographic evidence of such finds has been met with secrecy or a notable lack of co-operation. In the meantime the most desirable aircraft continue to be salvaged by those 'in the know' and some even made to fly again. Charles Darby now rectifies this frustrating situation by presenting for the first time the results of his first-hand inspection of nearly 2,000 aircraft wrecks and crash sites over a period of some 15 years, together with details of some of the many salvage operations in which he participated. Now let his unique material speak for itself...
Cover
Left to right, top to bottom. An A-20G formerly of the 312th Bomb Group, a B-25 set up as a memorial at Tadi, an abandoned Ju 52/3m at Baiyer River in the New Guinea Highlands, and one of several remaining G4MI Betty bombers still in the South West Pacific.
The author, a respected air historian from Auckland, New Zealand, is a consultant marine biologist with an MSc in plant physiology and a PhD in bacteriology. A fine photographer, he took most of the shots in this book and is probably the most experienced individual in the world today in the field of aircraft salvage and rest-oration, having brought in over 30 airframes ranging from Kittyhawk and Airacobra fighters to Beaufort and Boston bombers. At present he is preparing a follow-up book on the fascinating salvage and restoration theme.
His personal collection includes two Kittyhawks, a Boomerang, a Harvard, a Fairey Gordon and the only known Blackburn Baffin in existence.