Biak Island Aircraft WWII

[corsairboss]

My Grandpa was stationed on Biak Island and was a B-24 Pilot and flew the Maid in the USA. I scanned some of my original photos and thought I would post a few. I will post some other later.

[corsairboss]

a couple of Fighter Aircraft that I scanned
looks like a Photo -51, and Camera Shy is a Photo-38

[Swiss Mustangs]

aahh ! lovely !

one of these field mod F-6D's [before the Dallas factory built F-6K's became available in sufficient numbers] - 44-14883 was attached to the 71st TRG and survived the war only to be wrecked in an accident on 7th October 1945.

corsairboss - would it be possible to receive a high rez scan of this photo for my files ?

martin [at] swissmustangs.ch

thanks !
Martin

[Jack Cook]

The P-38J #76 is from the 9th FS 49th FG.

[SPang]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for the beautiful pics.

SPang-Tomcat

[Flat 12x2]

Have a look at this Dutch web site about Biak, start in 1945 & click through all the people pics. to get to the aircraft pics.Then 1946 etc.
http://www.biak.info/foto/fotosite/indexfoto.html

[Flat 12x2]

Here's a teaser pic.
Looking a the web site (Idont speak Dutch) it could be that the dump pics are in PNG as we know it ,NNK in Dutch ?

[Shay]

The P-38J #76 is from the 9th FS 49th FG.

I was doing some background information on this bird and came up with different information than you did. Can you help me to figure out which is right?

http://www.aerothentic.com/photos/noseart/p38/F5camerashy.htm



F-5B-1-LO 'Camera Shy' Serial # 42-67561

Camera Shy served with both the 25th and 26th PRS, and was transferred into the former on 28th July 1944.

Thanks for any help.

Shay
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Semper Fortis

[mennie]

I happen to speak a little bit of Dutch.
NNG = Netherlands (Dutch) New Guinea.

Translation of the text in the photo:
Biak, June 4th 1946 until may 28th 1947. At the American dump. A graveyard of war heroes and gone glory.
source Jan Smit

[Jack Cook]

I was doing some background information on this bird and came up with different information than you did.

I'm talking about the P-38J #76 not the F-5 Photo Joe #571.

[Shay]

I'm talking about the P-38J #76 not the F-5 Photo Joe #571.

Belay My Last

Shay
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Semper Fortis

[corsairboss]

here are a couple more, I have some P-40, B-17 and B-25 "Thumper" that I will scan late tonight and post, and some more B-24.

[mennie]

nice P-39, you don't see those a lot

[L. Thompson]

Does anyone know the LIFE, LOOK, or Saturday Evening POST magazine from the 1946-48 time frame that had a two page photo spread of the Biak dump grounds shot from the air? I recall A-20s,B-24s, P-38s, P-47s, P-61s, and more.

A binder with that year's magazines used to be on the shelf at my high school library where Study Hall was held. It was right next to the table I always "studied" at. I daydreamed many times over that article when I guess I should have been studying something more profitable!

[kr1360]

Does anyone know the LIFE, LOOK, or Saturday Evening POST magazine from the 1946-48 time frame that had a two page photo spread of the Biak dump grounds shot from the air? I recall A-20s,B-24s, P-38s, P-47s, P-61s, and more.

A binder with that year's magazines used to be on the shelf at my high school library where Study Hall was held. It was right next to the table I always "studied" at. I daydreamed many times over that article when I guess I should have been studying something more profitable!


I belive that the pic you are thinking about was in a mid 50`s issue of National Geographic. I remember going through old issues when I was in study hall way back when!