B-25C (41-12442) Display
Details:
Next to the school, just off the road. Combat Vehicle
A static display of a recovered B-25 from WW2.
The B-25 was known as "Feather Merchant", "Irene", and "Miss Priority" while flying for various units of the 5th US Air Force in the Pacific (13th and 90th Bomber Squadron of the 3rd Bomber Group; and the 499th Bomber Squadron "Bat Outta Hell" of the 345th Bomber Group "Air Apache").
The plane ended its wartime service and was recovered from nearby Tadji Airfield. Tadji Airfield was initially an enemy airfield but was captured by US Forces during the New Guinea Campaign - Battles of Aitape and the Driniumor River (6th Army, 32nd and 41st Infantry Divisions) in April/May 1944.
Source: Pacific Wrecks.com
Monument Text:
Commemorates:
Units:
13th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group
32nd Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
499th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group
5th Air Force
6th US Army
90th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
New Guinea (1943-1944)
Pacific Theater
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