HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
How interesting, thank-you for sharing those photos. Looking forward to harvesting them for my collection when I get home. Anymore on the way?
WWII aircraft wing I found tonight!
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R-2800
Senior Airman
those pics are intersting cool buildings too
syscom3
Pacific Historian
The Marshall Islands were part of the mandates given to Japan after WW1 ended. Its possible that was an old German Colonial building.
Wildcat
Major
Excellent pics.
evangilder
"Shooter"
Very interesting stuff. 
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Glad everyone likes the pics! Just don't let me catch you making money off them
Anyway, here are a few more pics. The first is the front side of the Japanese HQ building. And the Japanese did build this thing; it wasn't left over from the Germans as one suggested as a possibility. I'll post some photos of other buildings that are still standing.
In this pic you can get a better appreciation of the attack that was unleashed on this building. Granted it was bombed by planes and Naval guns before the initial invasion by U.S. Marines.
The second pic is I found rather interesting. Being that Roi was an airfield - air-base for the Japanese as well as Americans when they took it over, there were many parts of planes and wrecked planes littering the island. Well, someone got the ingenious idea to construct a coral "sculpture" out of the muffler parts of planes. These parts were welded together to form this coral head you see in the picture. Loose pieces of these muffler parts are still found.
The third pic is of a propeller that has somehow managed to survive intact, though a bit worse for wear
Perhaps this is part of the same plane the wing pictured above is from, for ony a few hundred yards separate both their current respective resting spots
The fourth pic is of the tenth stop in the "Roi-Namur WWII battlefield tour"...I start day shift in two weeks Once there I'll go around and take pictures of all the stops on this battle field tour and do up some kind of a virtual tour for you guys here online!
The fifth pic is a cropped close up of pic four! I'll do this close up cropping too for the "virtual battlefield tour"!
Also, I'll start getting out those coke bottles too. I'll reply to your PM once is has been sent.
Anyway, here are a few more pics. The first is the front side of the Japanese HQ building. And the Japanese did build this thing; it wasn't left over from the Germans as one suggested as a possibility. I'll post some photos of other buildings that are still standing.
In this pic you can get a better appreciation of the attack that was unleashed on this building. Granted it was bombed by planes and Naval guns before the initial invasion by U.S. Marines.
The second pic is I found rather interesting. Being that Roi was an airfield - air-base for the Japanese as well as Americans when they took it over, there were many parts of planes and wrecked planes littering the island. Well, someone got the ingenious idea to construct a coral "sculpture" out of the muffler parts of planes. These parts were welded together to form this coral head you see in the picture. Loose pieces of these muffler parts are still found.
The third pic is of a propeller that has somehow managed to survive intact, though a bit worse for wear
Perhaps this is part of the same plane the wing pictured above is from, for ony a few hundred yards separate both their current respective resting spots The fourth pic is of the tenth stop in the "Roi-Namur WWII battlefield tour"...I start day shift in two weeks
Once there I'll go around and take pictures of all the stops on this battle field tour and do up some kind of a virtual tour for you guys here online!The fifth pic is a cropped close up of pic four! I'll do this close up cropping too for the "virtual battlefield tour"!
Also, I'll start getting out those coke bottles too. I'll reply to your PM once is has been sent.
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evangilder
"Shooter"
Neat stuff!
R-2800
Senior Airman
wow that must have been a big explosion!
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Yes, must have felt like an earthquake when that much explosive went off. Imagine the shockwave...
Wow very nice pics.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
i particularly like the pipe sculpture.........
Yeah good use of the things lying around.
Really cool pictures, Wrath!!
If you are still interested in swapping weather, you have a deal.
Here in Denmark we have heavy overcast, rain and about +5 deg. C.
BTW those coke bottles look quite intact. I would have expected them to worn totally down after so many years exposure.
If you are still interested in swapping weather, you have a deal.
Here in Denmark we have heavy overcast, rain and about +5 deg. C.
BTW those coke bottles look quite intact. I would have expected them to worn totally down after so many years exposure.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,937
- Dec 20, 2003
well glass is very resistant and the weather's not too bad over here!
Cienfuegos
Recruit
- 2
- Jan 19, 2007
Was doing some poking around....
My guess it is a rear stablizer from an american aircraft or rear elevator this is do to the size of the flap or hinged part of the wreckage..
B-29
http://www.neam.org/images/b29tail2.jpg[img]
[img]http://www.dustbunny.com/photos/2004/airfair/17_b29tail.jpg
Model of B-29 rear elevator
b-24
b-17
b-25
a-20
My guess it is a rear stablizer from an american aircraft or rear elevator this is do to the size of the flap or hinged part of the wreckage..
B-29
http://www.neam.org/images/b29tail2.jpg[img]
[img]http://www.dustbunny.com/photos/2004/airfair/17_b29tail.jpg
Model of B-29 rear elevator
b-24
b-17
b-25
a-20
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
- 19,937
- Dec 20, 2003
could well be, how exposed is she now?
We need more pics!!!!
