While its primary mission is to locate those who have gone missing in action and preserving crash sites around the world, Pacific Wrecks has become an invaluable research tool on the locations, aircraft, and naval vessels of the Pacific theater.Ĭomplemented by a massive and growing photo collection, this ambitious site breaks down the story of WWII by people, events, locations, and vehicles, with summaries, chronologies, and official documents as well.Ĭhuck Varney's website dedicated to this squadron is a fascinating education in itself, but his discussion of the hardware used in the type of aerial reconnaissance and mapping done by the Eager Beavers and the rest of the 43rd is incredibly informative. Peter Dunn has personally amassed, and continues to daily, one of the Internet's greatest resources on the war in the Pacific, air and otherwise, as it relates to Australia. Their quarterly newsletters are the most professional and informative of any group I've seen. Group and squadron histories and records, photos, diaries, newsletters and more from Ken's Men, courtesy of the 43rd Bomb Group Association.

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