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Pete , just reaslised after looking again that if those two shots were taken in Feb 43, it would have been before the 9th, when it went missing. Narrows the window somewhat....
I have photocopies from the AWM of "daily operations" which has who went out where and in what plane on any given day. it's a really bad photocopy but it says:
.....nothing of any use to us. Great. I photocopied the page from 8th to 15th feb. Didn't do the week before. However, there were "nil operations" on the 8th which narrows it down to 1st - 7th Feb, unless of course that was taken the actual day it went missing..... makes me feel slightly ill actually,. looking at those and knowing what may have been about to happen.....
G'day pete and Jemm. My take on the photo's Pete posted are that the aircraft DU-P shown is not A28-14 but most likely a replacement aircraft given the "P" identification letter after the first one was lost. My reasons -
A28-14 was lost in Feb 43, note pictures and film clips of 22sqn Bostons participating in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea in March, almost a month after -14 was lost, none at that stage have the DU squadron codes as shown in Pete's photos.
Secondly, if Pete's pics were taken over Cape Hoskins which is on the North coast of New Britain, this would most likely be some time after July 43 when the squadron was either based on Goodenough Is or Kiriwina. Again this is many months after A28-14 was lost. Prior to the squadron's move to Goodenough Is, Their area of ops seemed to be focused in the Lae, Buna and Salamua areas. I doubt the Bostons could hit targets on the North coast of New Britain from their base at Wards in Port Moresby.
Just some thoughts..