The Pacific Islands are still littered with plane wrecks from the fighting there. Planes that crash landed on remote locations or sunken in the lagoons around the island can still be visited today.
We have selected a number of the best pictures we could find:
A World War II plane wreck slowly decomposes in the Papa New Guinean jungle / Taro Taylor
On the island of Pagan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Remnants of a Japanese bomber besides the old airfield. / Michael Lusk
Corsair Fighter Plane / Matt Kieffer
B-25 Bomber on New Britain / Marc Tarlock
Japanese airplane remains on Rabaul – Papua New Guinea
Remains of an amphibious plane on Howland Island (Pacific) taken during a radio amateur expedition in Feb 1993 / Peter Casler
Mitsubishi G4M bomber / Matt Kieffer
The wreckage of this Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero had been on the island of Ni’ihau since December 7, 1941, / Wally Gobetz
The remains of a Japanese Zero on Peleliu / Greg Sampson
The same Zero, from a different angle / Greg Sampson
Remains of a Mitsubishi A6M Zero left in Yap in 1945. The landing gear struts’ stainless steel rods (not shown) held up better than most parts.
Another Mitsubishi A6M Zero, left in Yap in 1945
WWII Japanese Aichi E13A Navy Type 0 Fighter Seaplane
Japanese fighter Mark Kenworthy
