Two damaged Mitsubishi F1M2 (Allied code name "Pete") observation seaplanes beached at the former Japanese seaplane base at Rekata Bay on the northern end of Santa Isabel island in March 1944. The man standing on the float of the nearer aircraft is flight lieutenant J. Beattie, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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