Australian soldier sits atop the remains of a Japanese plane at an unknown airbase in the Pacific during World War II

Gift of Joe Bridges, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Australian soldier sits atop the remains of a Japanese plane at an unknown airbase in the Pacific. Appears to be the Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Type 99 Assault Plane" nicknamed "Sonia." The tail of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning can be seen in the background. Probably on New Guinea.

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Photos, Japanese document, and discharge papers from the service of Earl O'Neill, 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group; 450th AAFBU (Army Air Forces Base Unit).
Geography: 
Papua New Guinea
Latitude: 
-6.000
Longitude: 
147.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Fighter planes--American--New Guinea
Air bases--American--New Guinea