Yap, Site 6

World War II Japanese Aircraft
at the Old Colonia Airport, Yap State
Federated States of Micronesia

Site #6

Plate 7: Site #6; note obscuring vegetation.

This is another Mitsubishi A6M5 “Zero,” not far from Site #5 (latitude 9° 29.137′ N, longitude 138° 04.500′ E). Only the wings appear to be present, but pieces of the fuselage could remain in the rather dense vegetation, which was not cleared.

Site 6

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