City / Airport:Jacquinot Bay (AYJB / JAQ)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:14 October 1945
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"Kate" 302 arrives from Rabaul as part of the surrender of Japanese forces in the South-West Pacific. The Japanese had requested permission to surrender their remaining airworthy aircraft to an Allied air arm and Jacquinot Bay was the nearest Allied air base. 302 remained there deteriorating until about 1982 when it was dismantled and stored. It found its way to the Pacific Aviation Museum in Honolulu in 2014 via Australia and New Zealand Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:302
Aircraft Version:Nakajima B5N2
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Jacquinot Bay (AYJB / JAQ)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:14 October 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
City / Airport:Jacquinot Bay (AYJB / JAQ)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:14 October 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:731788Submit Correction
View count: 301
"Kate" 302 arrives from Rabaul as part of the surrender of Japanese forces in the South-West Pacific. The Japanese had requested permission to surrender their remaining airworthy aircraft to an Allied air arm and Jacquinot Bay was the nearest Allied air base. 302 remained there deteriorating until about 1982 when it was dismantled and stored. It found its way to the Pacific Aviation Museum in Honolulu in 2014 via Australia and New Zealand Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:302
Aircraft Version:Nakajima B5N2
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Jacquinot Bay (AYJB / JAQ)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:14 October 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive