| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Piper, Robert ; |
| Call Number | C 355.00994 S118 |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| Year | 1983 |
| Citation | Sabretache : the journal of the Military Collectors Society of Australia. Sabretache : the journal of the Military Historical Society of Australia.: 1983, 24, 1 |
| Pagination | 13 - 17 |
Abandoned Japanese bombers : Papua 1942 / Robert Piper.
Abstract
Three Japanese ' Val ' dive bombers were discovered landed under mysterious circumstances on an allied beach in Papua during early September 1942. To this day conjecture remains as to their real intention. Were they a special reconnaissance group or merely ' green ' pilots off course, lost and short of fuel, who had alighted behind Australian lines.