Japanese Aircraft
 The
wreck of an Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero" on the Japanese Airbase on Taroa,
Maloelap Atoll
- a Photo Essay by Dirk HR Spennemann
US Aircraft
- The
wreck of a Consolidated B-24J "Liberator" off Laura, Majuro Atoll
- by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
- Describes the history
and current condition of a B-24J-CO Liberator' bomber (serial ##42-41205)
which crash landed on 28 December 1943 in the lagoon off Majuro Island
('Laura'), Majuro Atoll. The plane belonged to the 431st Squadron, 11th
Bomb Group, VIIthArmy Air Force, then headquartered in Funafuti, Kiribati.
The crew was captured and disappeared in the days of the US assault
on Kwajalein in February 1944.
- Wreckage
of a Consolidated B-24D "Liberator" off Jab'u, Arno Atoll
- by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
- Describes the history
and current condition of a B-24D-145-CO 'Liberator' bomber (serial ##42-41205)
which crash landed on 2 January 1944 in the lagoon off Jab'u, Arno Atoll.
The plane belonged to the 98th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, VIIthArmy
Air Force, then headquartered in Nukufetau, Kiribati. The crew was captured
and disappeared in the days of the US assault on Kwajalein in February
1944.
- Adaptive
re-use of B-24 parts in the Marshall Islands
- by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
- Discussion of the secondary
use of oxygen cylinders recovered from B-24 wrecks during and after
World War II.
- Secondary
use of artefacts and the development of a new historical context: an
example of the jet age
- by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
- This paper outlines
the secondary use of external fuel tanks of a 1950s jet fighter aircraft.,
which can be found throughout the islands of Micronesia. Most of the
tanks are now used as water catchments. These drop tanks, are demonstrative
of issues of conservation management of cultural resources and the documentation
of historical events for which there is no other tangible evidence in
the Micronesian region, such as: the early development of military jet
aircraft; the military build-up during the Cold War; the US Air Force
involvement of the Korean War; the deployment of jet aircraft in Micronesia;
and the control of Micronesian waters by the US Navy.
- Investigations
of a Grumman TBF "Avenger" aircraft submerged in Majuro Lagoon
- by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
- Description of the
wreckage of an American torpedo plane on the bottom of the lagoon of
Majuro Atoll.
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