THE BEST OF EVERYTHING LEFT BEFORE 1975. THE ENGINEERING INVOLVED IN SOME CASES IS QUITE MIND NUMBING, CURRENTLY WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NEW CENTRE SECTION SPARS FOR THE PNG MUSEUMS P38. Remains of German WWII Junkers Ju 88 bomber recovered from Thames Estuary. More Videos Why were tourist attractions taken? The Allies gave the G4M the reporting name Betty. The B-25 is not under threat of scrapping. credit to gredwitch for making the model & plane. Same engines, same twin-engine configuration, same size, give it some gunsjust make it a lot faster and longer-legged.. CLARIFICATION Although the G4M now had a more potent sting, Honjo again sacrificed crew protection to the Navy's demands for great range. Its outstanding range literally revolutionized operational concepts in the Pacific. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.. Is salvage a thing of the past? A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO IS DETAILED IN THE CURRENT P-47 ARTICLE FEATURED IN Classic Wings Magazine. The museum displays the only complete Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber in a setting depicting the way it was located in the jungle. Our model is a B-25J which didnt have a nose gunner but instead had eight .50 caliber machine guns controlled by the pilot. favorite favorite favorite ( 4 reviews ) Topics: Comedy, Musical, Arthur Askey I became totally enraptured in the shapes and stories of the various aircraft. PNG Museum allows only for museum to museum basis, are granted in exchange for work done 1:1 related to projects. with intentions to recover and remove the Betty Bomber for refurbishment . This BETTY was flight-tested as Foreign Equipment Test number T2-2205. CLARIFICATION Japanese Navy pilots called it "" Hamaki (Cigar), due to its cylindrical shape. Location, recovery and preservation of these objects is a an obligation and serves as a permanent reminder of their sacrifice. The resulting damage had broken both of her shafts and she now found herself on fire and dead in the water. Yamamotos weapon of choice was the torpedo, and the Betty was first and foremost a torpedo bomber, carrying a single 1,890-pound Type 91 tin fishthe worlds most accurate and powerful aerial torpedo right up until the end of the war. Yamamoto was a smart guy, even though he only got a C+ for his two years of English studies at Harvard from 1919 to 1921. The official Japanese surrender delegation had boarded these two BETTYs in Kyushu. Initial results were impressive, but the Navy shelved the bomber for a time in favor of a variant to be called the G6M1. The U.S. Army Air Forces would later try the same thing with its YB-40s, which were B-17s carrying 18 or even more .50-caliber guns, flying as formation escorts. The Mitsubishis were large, ponderous targets and needed to follow stable courses during torpedo runs. This extremely rare Bell YP-59A Airacomet is under restoration to flying condition. Mitsubishis G4M bomber went by many names, but perhaps the most appropriate would have been flaming coffin.. It has become trendy for the younger generation to promote dissent within the International preservation movement and argue that wrecks should be left where they are. 120 . The 'Betty', as the Mitsubishi bomber was called in the Allied code, proved itself an excellent combat aircraft on all fronts. SO WHAT WAS THE POINT? (AAF) The two Betty bombers made their way to Ie Shima along a route clearly delineated in a Japanese message to the Allied Command. Speak about your work with established museums Clear front, dorsal and rear turret canopies. Co-piloted by Victor Tatelman, it escorted two Betty bombers carrying the Japanese peace envoys to Ie Shima on August 19, 1945, and again on the return mission from the conference in Manila with General MacArthurs staff. When salvaged, they are not always for historical value, often as 'parts' for larger restorations to be bought, sold & traded and only used as patterns or to copy. The Ohka was carried to the target under a G4M "Betty" bomber. Why do you believe this work is important? Robert Greinert interview with Pacific Wrecks The donation to the museum is $150 per person, and must be purchased in advance. 1/900th scale G4M Betty Bomber model. This aircraft, coded '302,' was the last flyable bomber left at Rabaul by the end of WWII. Recently we were selected by the South Australian Government to repair and operate the Southern Cross replica. I WAS INVITED TO GO ALONG AT THE TIME TO ASSIST WITH THE RECOVERY OF Ki-43 [5465]. From the first day of war until after the surrender, BETTY bombers saw service throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans. A view from above, also an indication of how far Betty fell when in the elevator. As a result of these modifications, the fuselage was shortened and the center-of-gravity shifted forward. Later, the airplane was dismembered with a cutting torch but when and precisely why are not known. In 1979 along with six other enthusiasts in a garage in suburban Sydney, we formed the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS). OCCASSIONALY THERE HAS BEEN SOME HEARTACHE AS A RESULT OF A DISAGREEMENT HERE OR THERE BUT HEY THATS LIFE. The Mitsubishi G4M was a twin-engine, land-based medium bomber formerly manufactured by the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The RAAF could have landed a Hercules on the airstrip where they sat and flown them out. However, by calculating the speed of the Japanese G4M Betty bomber that would carry Yamamoto, probable wind speed, the enemy's probable flight path, and assuming that Yamamoto would be as . At that time, the requirements were unprecedented for a twin-engine, land-based attack bomber: flying at a top speed of 398 kph (247 mph) and an altitude of 3,000 m (9,845 ft), the new bomber had to fly a distance of 4,722 km (2,933 miles) without a torpedo or equivalent weight in bombs. The Mitsubishi G4M Type 1 "Betty" was a medium bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Or, is it always cheaper to recover a 'real' wreck than to make new ones? I HAVE BEEN CREDITED ERRONOUSLY FOR DOING A LOT OF THINGS I DIDNT DO. Betty Bombers: Located inside the American Legion Post 135 building just off Forsyth Park, this retro eatery features freshly prepared American cuisine. As the war dragged on, improved bombers failed to materialize so Mitsubishi fielded different versions of the G4M to fulfill new missions, and to eliminate the various weaknesses in the basic design. The BETTY bomber crews had to fly within about 23 miles (37 km) of a target due to the Ohka 11's limited range. A NEW ISSUE FEATURING THE P47 REBUILD IS NOW OUT. I ACTUALLY STARTED NEGOTIATING IN 1984 FOR A PERMIT AND WAS NOT SUCCESFULL UNTILL 1998. National Interest Newsletter. The PNG Museum's motto is 'Preserve and protect PNG's unique cultural, national & contemporary heritage' How does your work help this aim? The last B-36 Bomber built in Fort Worth, was restored to museum quality in 4 years and 44,000 man hour plus almost $600.000.00. In 2011 it was operated by Fighter Hangar 1, now known as the Texas Flying Legends Museum. I FIRST TRAVELLED TO PNG IN 1984. THIS REALLY IS A QUESTION OF POLICY FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM TO ANSWER. It was the first time that aircraft alone had sunk fully maneuverable capital ships at sea. It was never used for high altitude bombing like the B-17 Flying Fortress, but was instead used for low leveling bombing and strafing runs. Striking distance meant 20 miles or less, thanks to the Ohkas tiny load of rocket fuel, and Betty pilots too often pulled the release handle early. Fifteen of the 17 unescorted Bettys were shot down. I WOULD REFER YOUR READERS TO Classic Wings Magazine WHICH HAS JUST DONE A EXCELLENT COVERAGE ON THE TRAILS AND TRIBULATIONS OF RESTORING A P-47. War relics with remains aboard are consider 'war graves' by the United States, Japan and Australia a very different classification all three countries make efforts to recover remains only from these sites, Beaufighter A19-144 PACIFIC AIRCRAFT WRECKS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM BY CHARLES DARBY IS ALSO ANOTHER USEFULL STARTING POINT. Mitsubishi G4M - Bombers land-based Type 1, G4M - Japanese torpedo bomber medium of naval aviation during the Second World War. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN CHASING ME? A LOT OF PEOPLE, VETERANS, ENTHUSIASTS, MUSEUMS ETC COME TO US AND ASK US TO HELP. their recovery The B-25, 45-8835, switched hands a couple of times in Canada including, Aurora Aviation Ltd, G&M Aircraft Ltd and eventually ended up back in the United States at Aero Trader in Chino, CA in 1993. The Allies gave the G4M the code name "Betty". Greinert was responsible for having its salvage permit re-issued, a permit that was deemed illegal by the PAC.]. The names of the nine aircrew killed onboard Betty T-359 were : Pilot Kiyoshi Akamatsu Co-Pilot Saburo Takahashi Observer Kaku Yoned Observer Tadashi Wada Observer Mitsuo Takano Observer Takeshi Nomiguchi Radio Houichi Fukuya The distance was well withing the range of U. S. Navy combat air patrols. In fact it was another moniker based on its shape, chosen long before G4Ms began igniting frequently enough for Americans to call them Zippos. Rather, they are lacking the 'luxuries of life, CLARIFICATION He beat his affluent opponents like borrowed mules, then used his considerable winnings to finance a summer of travel around the United States, learning as much as he could about the overconfident gunslinger he would outdraw at Pearl Harbor two decades later. I ONLY RECOVER FOR MY OWN RESTORATION WORK AND PASS ON SURPLUS MATERIAL. Evidently, only the pieces that survive today arrived at the storage facility at Park Ridge, Illinois, during the late 1940s. Flames erupted from the Betty's fuselage, the nose dropped, and the bomber dived into the Pacific, exploding on impact. all regions of the Pacific. Only one U.S. ship, the destroyer Mannert L. Abele, was ever sunk by an Ohka, and it cost six out of the eight attacking Bettys. The captured Japanese and German aircraft at Air & Space were War Prizes, not aircraft salvaged from battlefields after the war. Hand held and operating through a 20-degree arc, it required a pursuing fighter to voluntarily position itself within the cannons tiny field of fire, though this limitation was removed in later versions of the Betty. A few things to do on the post maiden punch list. Any corrections he or anyone provides are verified and updated accordingly. The Japanese called them wingtip escorts, assumedly so-named from their position in the main formation, and they were gunned up with extra 20mm cannons in place of light machine guns. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UNDERTAKE A PROFIT MAKING EXERCISE. Rather, locals remember the P-47 disappearing. As the HARS army massed for the five year recovery plan one felt a personnel sense of achievement in having participated in the setting up of and running an organization that would lead to great works such as the Connies recovery to Australia. The Mitsubishi G4M (or "Type 1 land-based attack aircraft") (, Isshiki rikuj kgeki ki, Isshikirikk) was the main twin-engine, land-based bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. I SUGGEST THAT ANYBODY CONTEMPLATING THIS SHOULD SPEAK TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS ACTUALLY DONE IT BEFORE THEY THEY RUSH OFF AND WASTE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME AND MONEY ON A VENTURE THAT MAY PROVE FINANCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY DAMAGING. Many of the Grumman F4F Wildcats and Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers on display today were recovered from Lake Michigan years after training crashes sent them to rest on the murky bottom. I BELIEVE PEOPLE WILL ENJOY IT. OBVIOUSLY THAT CANT BE ACHIEVED FOR ALL WRECKS AS THERE WOULD NO WHERE TO PUT ALL THE DC3'S FOR EXAMPLE. THE RECOVERY WAS SIMPLY PUT ON TO SAVE A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT P-40S THAT NEEDED SAVING. IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A INTERNET COCOON YOU ARE NOT GOING HEAR MUCH ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON FUNDING COMES FROM MANY SOURCES, GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE. The Betty design would work. None of this mattered during the Sino-Japanese campaign, when Bettys were escorted by the new, long-range A6M2 Zero. Planes of Fame did not salvage any Pacific Wreck. It currently consists of a fully restored fuselage, much of it fabricated by Haradas restorers, in a museum near Tokyo. This is a Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" livery for the Ju-88 so it can be used as a stand in for the Betty Bomber. So the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service laid down the parameters of what would become the Betty by basically saying, Build a better Nell. export or removal, CLARIFICATION For more information on donations and ways to give, please contact Liz Esparza at liz.esparza@planesoffame.org or call (909) 597-3722, ext. While inbound to Ie Shima, the surrender planes were met by U.S. P-38s and B-25s. New Guinea National Museum to salvage aircraft, and is currently working to restore several aircraft and his own projects. It is based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona, US. Like the Mitsubishi Zero Fighter (also in the NASM collection), the Hamaki soldiered on long after it became obsolete, even dangerous, to fly wherever Allied interceptors prowled. Therefore, this was a bomber similar to the ones used by the US to penetrate deep inside German lines. SIMILARLY THERE IS LITTLE POINT IN BRINGING UP UNDERWATER WRECKS UNLESS THEY ARE RARE ONE OFF'S. OCCASSIONALLY I MAY BUY OR TRADE IN IT SO I CAN ACQUIRE WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE VARIOUS RESTORATIONS. TOO MANY TO RECOUNT. IS IT REALLY THE GREATEST WW2 WRECK LEFT? Greinert himself has promoted 'false facts' specifically, on WRG Discussion Board (WIX) under his alias 'Jungle Bob' or writing letters to PNG Museum with allegations about others. Like a lot of people I became involved in aviation via plastic kits. We weathered the storm, created by people who suffered more from tall poppy syndrome and jealousy than pragmatism. So why not fill those positions with dedicated gunships? What in-house HARS ITS A DIFFERENT STORY WITH EACH PROJECT. In his post Mr Campbell said, "Christopher Luxon might be able to rescue his party from stupidity on climate change, but rescuing this from a well he has dug himself might be harder.". Therefore, both pilots . What made the Hellcat Such an Effective Zero Buster? The final version of the Betty, the G4M4, had an entirely new laminar-flow wing with integrally self-sealing fuel tanks. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, died on April 18, 1943, along with his entire staff when U. S. Army Air Corps P-38 Lightnings (see NASM collection) intercepted and destroyed the two BETTY bombers that carried them. For the Betty, however, it was all downhill from there. THE TONY RESTORATION WILL ALSO BE FEATURED IN A FORTHCOMING EDITION OF Classic Wings Magazine. THIS IS YOUR PERSONEL OPINION, NOT A STATEMENT OF FACT PROVEN BY HISTORY OR OTHER. Mention some of your work in PNG 1990 to present The tail of the Betty Bomber. Many of the Grumman F4F Wildcats and Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers on display today were recovered from Lake Michigan years after training crashes sent them to rest on the murky bottom. AS I AM FINANCIALLY INDEPENDEDENT I DONT HAVE ANY NEED OR DESIRE TO PLAY THE COLLECTOR MARKET. He incorporated 7.7 mm (.30 cal.) removed from Girua Airport The website wreckchasing.com furthers the argument succinctly. One of the Bettys last combat assignments was to carry torpedo-shaped Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka single-seat kamikaze rocket planes to within striking distance of U.S. fleets. HASNT BEEN DONE BEFORE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. The BETTY was so prone to ignite that the Allies nicknamed it the 'flying lighter.'. HOW OTHERS SEE IT IS THEIR BUSINESS. Those procurement officers were aware of the airplanes main flaw but chose to accept it, dooming many crews. The nose art features Betty Grable, the number one pinup girl of the World War II era.The aircraft's name takes after a song made very popular by Doris Day in 1945. The tail gun was a 20mm cannon, though a relatively ineffective one. The crash caused her to be thrown out of her vehicle, and as well as suffering from severe burns, Betty had a broken pelvis . CLARIFICATION It is impossible to recover everything. THE Solomon Islands government and its people have been warned not to deal with a foreign War Relic Restoration Company, "Warbird Restoration Pty Ltd" that is currently in the country in an attempt to salvage old world war planes, in exchange for doubtful dollar. The coleslaw was great!! yourself or projects published? THERE IS ALSO A CERTAIN ELEMENT OF URGENCY AS WRECKS ARE DISSAPEARING AT A FAIRLY RAPID RATE DUE TO MOTHER NATURE AND MAN. To re-balance the bomber, dihedral was added to the horizontal stabilizer. Navy crews suffered 4,300 fatalities and 5,400 casualties, or seven percent of all crew casualties incurred during the entire Pacific war. With its large range and high speed, it became a nightmare for the Allies at the beginning of the war Gifts: You can experience the fun of your . I HAD TO PAY MY OWN AIRFARES, ACCOMODATION AND ALIKE SO THERE WAS NO GOVERNMENT FREEBIES. What challenges do wrecks salvaged from PNG present? In May 1941 they performed their first missions in southeast China, perfecting the techniques for their future missions in Malaya and the Philippines. Subscribe to receive our weekly newsletter with top stories from master historians. Video is up and was made by the devoted Justwingit, John Kohne. The two rearmost and outermost Nells were, no surprise, found to suffer the highest casualties from opposing fighters. They called the design the snail, sometimes translated as slug.. Bomber crews flying the NELL were virtually incapable of defending themselves from concentrated fighter attacks, so Honjo paid special attention to this aspect of the G4M. Lieutenant Den Sudo emerges from the cockpit of his Mitsubishi G6M1-La "wingtip escort" heavy fighter variant of the G4M1 "Betty" bomber converted to a transportat Ie Shima on August 19, 1945. ORIGINALITY AND AUTHENTICITY ARE VERY IMPORTANT FEATURES OF MY WORK. For me it is two things. This year, the rear fuselage has been stripped . Two major portions survive: the nose including the entire flight deck, and ten feet of the fuselage. Four days later, two BETTY bombers landed at Ie Shima Island. MUCH OF THE STUFF PRINTED IN MAGAZINES, WARBIRD OWNERS LISTS ETC ARE CREATED BY ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE SCRAMBLING FOR MATERIAL AND WHAT THEY DONT KNOW THEY MAKE UP AND WHAT THEY DO KNOW THEY GENERALLY GET WRONG. More than 100 Bettys were lost over Guadalcanal. Price was cheap!! ** Updated 2021-08-30**. The last twenty five years have seen a wide variety of recovery and restoration work undertaken by myself and as a rule I do not promote it because as I have discovered, the internet is now a haven for those that have their own agenda and seek to criticize what I view as good works. Tell about your 'export permit' with the PNG Museum The B-25 was the little brother of the bombing campaign as it was used in every theater during the war and by many of the allied nations. In 1936 Japan renounced the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, which had stipulated that the capital-ship-building ratio between the U.S., Britain and Japan should be 5:5:3. One bomber broke away and he pursued it. Honjo apparently also decided that an untapered fuselage ending in a large tail-gunners station made sense aerodynamically. I PREFER TO HAVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL IN THE REBUILD AS POSSIBLE AND I GO TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO SEE THAT IS ACHIEVED. Download this stock image: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Speak about your Vanuatu recovery of P-40Fs. The bomber crew (little Arthur Askey & co) try to avoid betrothal, while convincing the girls to update their traditions. From 1967-1972 Bendix Field Engineering had 45-8835 in Columbia, MD. Physically, the G4Ms salient feature was a fat but graceful fuselage quite unlike the tapering configuration of typical WWII medium bombers. One of the best-known Betty carcasses was on display for years at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, Calif. This is there opinion and they are entitled to argue it. . I SUSPECT THERE IS MORE MYTH AND SPECULATION ABOUT THE ALLEDGED VALUE OF THESE WRECKS. Retail $37.11. CLARIFICATION How much of salvaged aircraft can actually be used? Honjo gave the Betty a full complement of guns in waist, dorsal-turret, nose and tail positions, and the roomy fuselage was intended to give the airplanes seven-man crew (later reduced to five when it became increasingly difficult to recruit aircrew) space to move around during long flights and to fill multiple positions. The benefits of laminar flow were probably illusory on Bettys, since IJNAS aircraft of all types had paint jobs that ranged from beater-bad to junkyard special, peeling and flaking in a manner that would have tripped any incipient laminar airflow. He has an aircraft recovery permit Flights will be offered on the third Saturday of each month subject to any weather or mechanical/maintenance restrictions. G3Ms attacked in large vee formations of 27 aircraft stacked in nine mini-vees of three aircraft each, a formation-flying nightmare. The first Betty/Ohka strike, toward U.S. aircraft carriers off Kyushu in March 1945, consisted of 18 Bettys escorted by 30 Zeros. What is wreckage used for when exported? It was not recovered, rather restored in Arizona & flew itself to Australia and is registered as VH-EAG, Papua Why do you believe this work is important? ON MY FIRST VISIT TO POPPONDETTA I WAS APPROACHED BY THE LANDOWNERS WHO DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MOVE IT AND WERE FEARFULL OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING SCRAPPED. Tail code "370" and later "-321". When did you first travel to Papua New Guinea? THE QUICKEST RECOVERY WAS THE RUSSIAN MIG-15 NOW IN CANBERRA. ITS TRUE VALUE IS IN THE HISTORY AND THE STORY IT WILL TELL FUTURE GENERATIONS. The Betty first flew in October 1939 and was manned by a crew of seven. What do you feel should be done with remaining relics of war? The Betty was the product of excellent engineering pushed to the limit and then slightly beyond, to meet requirements created not by aviators but by military bureaucrats. In order to achieve the G4Ms great range and performance, he was forced to equip it with the largest possible fuel tanks and to forego rubberized self-sealing protection for them. I DONATED A PILE OF [ P-47D "Frankie" 42-8130 ] AND P-40 STUFF [P-40K and P-40K] TO PIMA [ Air & Space Museum ] A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BY WAY OF DONATION. Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers, []. Greinert has reviewed, commented and corrected every airframe he is involved with on Pacific Wrecks. OCCASSIONALLY WE WILL ACCEPT REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES ON THE SURPLUS PARTS BUT ALWAYS AT COST. But none of this mattered, because the Betty had a fatal flaw, and Kiro Honjo knew it. The U. S. Army Air Corps conducted a similar experiment using a modified Boeing B-17 bomber designated the B-40 but this idea too failed to survive operational testing and was soon abandoned. I was thinking of entitling it "What the F". It was codenamed Betty by the Allies. I have to live with it but I dont have to cooperate. They did nothing. IT TAKES ABOUT TEN YEARS TO CONDUCT A RESTORATION PROPERLY. IT HAD BEN ILLEGALLY REMOVED FROM THE TRADITIONAL LANDOWNERS PROPERTY IN THE EARLY 1970'S AND THEN ILLEGALLY ERRECTED AT THE AIRPORT (SO CALLED FOR TOURISM PURPOSES) EVENTUALLY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TOLD THE LANDOWNERS IN WRITING TO REMOVE THE CRAFT. With no work done to date on P-38 project. Within 20 minutes, Hellcats had shot down all 18 bombers. One ran off the runway during takeoff from Ie Shima and damaged its landing gear; the other ran out of fuel and ditched short of its destination in Japan. Six escorting Zeros flew guard but in a matter of seconds, the Air Corps pilots shrugged off the escorting fighters and sent both BETTYs crashing down in flames. THE TOURISTS GO THERE, TAKE PHOTOS AND LEAVE HAVING HAD THEIR WAR RELIC EXPERIENCE. The importance of this piece as an artifact from the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme did not go unnoticed and eventually the Australian War Memorial approached me with a view to acquiring it. WE HAD A GREAT WEEK UP THERE AND SOME IMPORTANT STUFF WAS SAVED. It was Captain Francis Low who first came up with the idea to use air craft carriers to launch bomber planes from the sea instead of the mainland. ANYBODY WISHING TO APPLY FOR AN EXPORT PERMIT FROM PNG OR ANYWHERE ELSE SHOULD FIRST CONTACT THE [PNG] NATIONAL MUSEUM. Rather than pull all-nighters, he spent a lot of time in Cambridge playing poker. The savings in airframe weight allowed the G4M to attack targets at unprecedented ranges. Cladrite Radio An Unlucky Break. Nicknamed "Betty" by the Allies, the Type 1 Bombers of the G4M family were the heavy bombers of the Japanese Navy. It worked for a while, but increasingly inexperienced G4M crews and the chaos of night attacks rendered even these desperate measures ineffective. Mention the Australian Beaufighters Recovered Bettys Dream first flew in March of 1999 including its new bomb bay doors which were taken off while it was being used as a fire bomber. The Japanese might have thought that amusing, but they called the Mitsubishi G4M Rikko, truncating their phrase for land-based attack bomber. (The G4Ms predecessor, the Mitsubishi G3M Nell, was also called Rikko.). Here's how the last D-Day Tank Landing Craft was rescued. Nobody is sure how many torpedoes hit the two British battlewagons, but three days after Pearl Harbor, wave after wave of Nells and Bettys achieved at least nine Type 91 hits and possibly as many as 21. THE B-25 STILL THERE REMAINS UNDER THREAT. The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows throughout North America. The city has contributed $850,000, with the restoration group, made up mostly of volunteers, fundraising $750,000. The F6F Hellcat gave the U.S. Navy the edge it needed to beat the Japanese. Our Prime Minister John Howard has also honored the HARS recently with a personal visit and a $250,000 grant towards our new multimillion dollar facility in Albion Park. PACIFIC WRECK DATABASE IS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO START LOOKING FOR WRECKS AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ENGAGE IN THE ACTIVITY OF SAVING HISTORY. AS FOR TOURISM, IT HAS ITS PLACE, WHEN ON HOLIDAYS I LIKE TO LOOK AT WRECKS BUT WHEN THERES 800 OF THEM TO LOOK AT YOU HAVE TO WONDER. 30 October: Special Project . I COULD DISCUSS THIS ISSUE FOR 50 PAGES AND STILL WOULD NOT HAVE COVERED THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF THE QUESTION YOU HAVE ASKED HERE. The capacity dropped because of the material inserted in the tank to block leaking fuel when gunfire perforated the tank. It was delivered to RFC, Walnut Ridge, AR in October 1945. A VERY SELECT SAMPLE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES IS MORE LIKE WHAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN. Despite a distinct military bent, my work over the last 30 years in vintage aviation has been about preserving aviation objects for future generations. Language: English. I LOVE THE PLACE AND THE PEOPLE. wreck of betty japanese bomber in jungle, rabaul, east new britain, papua new guinea, pacific - betty bomber stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images Teenager Betty Burden plays with a young boy on a bomb site in Birmingham, 13th January 1951. Two major portions survive: the nose including the entire flight deck, and ten feet of the fuselage. You have completed projects related to aircraft, but none with PNG aircraft yet. MAN IS THE BIGGEST WORRY. Judging by what Allen has done with other such acquisitions, it is possible that this Betty will someday fly again. In 2011 it was operated by Fighter Hangar 1, now known as the Texas Flying Legends Museum. The only Betty remnant in Japan is owned by a wealthy automotive importer/exporter, Nobuo Harada. 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