Walking back to Agnes Lodge, we go through a field, one of which Barney calls the Desert. It was a high hill on the approach to the airport, and cleared by the US in 1942-43. Nothing grows there to this day. Right off the top of the hill we step into an area where familes grow sweet potatoes. There a wreckage that once again Dru climbs over and into. Fascinating. The aircraft went down on final approach. Fate of the Pilot is unknown, but an excellent view (straight line of site) to the airstrip. We must have flown over it on final approach coming in ourselves. Prior to leaving the field, Barney uncovers this exploded shell, that still lies in the area as if just dropped inadvertantly, last month, not 7 or 8 decades ago.
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